If the hospitals of America’s most populous city are any sort of bellwether, CMS is going to have its hands full trying to enforce compliance with the Trump Administration’s executive order on price transparency.

That’s according to a large, retrospective analysis of this intervention, detailed in RSNA’s Radiology.

Amanda van Brakle claims the healthcare giant violated the Ohio Consumer Sales Practice Act and alleges its dishonest practices created confusion and stress that financially hurt patients.

Under a new proposal, 91 products would no longer require U.S. Food & Drug Administration regulatory review, including a number of radiology-driven platforms.

CEO Jim Rechtin said the pause will last through 2021, emphasizing that the physician firm’s political activities must reflect “our values as a national medical group."

While eliminating gonadal and fetal shielding makes sense, the specialty should not end all use of lead aprons, one imaging group warned. 

Around since 1975, Progressive Radiology dubs itself as the “leading” provider of outpatient imaging services in Illinois, Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia. 

An ultrasound exam at Montefiore, for instance, runs roughly $800 more than the average in New York City, while a CT is $2,200 more expensive and an MRI $4,000 pricier, UHC claimed.