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Price transparency in real-time: Q&A series with ER doctor, Dr. Ben Heavrin (Part 2!)

Join us as we engage an often underrepresented voice in the healthcare industry.

November 14, 2022
Price transparency in real-time: Q&A series with ER doctor, Dr. Ben Heavrin (Part 2!)

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Lizzie Whitsel
Senior Manager, Brand & Content

Watch as Dr. Ben Heavrin, M.D and Turquoise Health CEO and Co-Founder, Chris Severn, chat about price transparency in the ER. Can price transparency actually happen in this setting? When do ER physicians learn about the cost of care they are providing? All that and more in Part 2 of this three-part series.

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