WASHINGTON – Despite being tax-exempt, nonprofit hospitals around the country are engaging in practices that put profits over patients. Recent findings from reports from the Rand Corporation (RAND), PatientRightsAdvocate.org, and Lown Institute reveal Indiana nonprofit hospital practices that are at odds with what the public expects from charitable hospitals, such as high prices and a lack of price transparency.

A statement from Consumers for Quality Care (CQC) reads: “In Indiana, nonprofit hospitals must uphold their end of the bargain when it comes to serving their communities. From charging outrageous prices to not complying with federal price transparency regulations, many of the state’s hospitals are not doing everything they can to help patients in need. We urge these nonprofits to put people before profits and work to better serve all Hoosiers.”