Mayor Eric Adams signed a City Council bill on Friday creating a new Office of Healthcare Accountability that promises to let New Yorkers compare prices among public and private hospitals across the five boroughs on its website.
, sponsored by City Council Member Julie Menin , unanimously passed the council earlier this month. In addition to making information about the costs of hospital procedures available on its website, the office would bring together stakeholders to examine health care costs, provide recommendations on hospital expenses and collect and make public financial documents from hospitals.
“We might want to make sure that New Yorkers have all the information they need to stay healthy and get the care they deserve,” Adams said, “Working New Yorker’s shouldn’t be living in fear of getting sick because they can’t afford care. Our bank account should not determine the quality of care you deserve and your access to that care. This Office of Health Care accountability will help bring transparency to our healthcare system and ensure that New York’s know much care costs.
Menin said the legislation makes New York the first city in the country to establish a health care accountability office. She said the price transparency the office will make available on its website is crucial because costs can vary dramatically across the city’s public and private medical facilities.
Knowing about those price differences, Menin said, will ultimately help people spend less on routine medical care and involved procedures alike.
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