PriceDoc.com Opens the Door for On-Line Health Care Bidding

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News On February 2, 2010, PriceDoc.com—an on-line platform that enables health care professionals and prospective patients to negotiate prices for specific health services—received a patent on its system. The system allows consumers to shop and compare health care services available at reduced cash prices and submit offers for procedures at a price they can afford. Consumer privacy is protected at all points; consumers are not personally identified in the on-line negotiations, and PriceDoc.com does not monitor searches by condition nor the results of negotiations with provider . . .