Announcement of Relationship Between FirstGov for Seniors and Health-mart.net

Health-mart.net

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Health-mart.net provides hospital comparative pricing and quality data by disease. Since the information is based on Medicare patients, senior citizens and their families can draw some general idea of how hospitals differ within their communities. 

This service is free, but only if you enter from the FirstGov for Seniors web site.

Health-mart is a web site that contains hospital pricing and outcome data by disease for virtually every hospital in the U.S.. Users of the site can compare how long a hospital stay may last for a particular condition, as well as the expected cost. A hospital report card identifies the top hospitals for any given disease based on length of stay, pricing and mortality that occurs during hospital treatment. 

Additionally, Health-mart.net provides Medicare price schedules for durable medical equipment. The prices can be viewed by state. 

From a public policy perspective, Health-mart.net can be a tool to direct healthcare consumers to the highest quality hospitals. Quite often, these institutions are also the ones that are excellent healthcare values in terms of their charges.

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