This seems unlikely, but we are using the worst case scenario. Mount Sinai administrators did not return a request for comment. } Designate a spokesperson and briefing center for external communications approved by the incident commander/team. Hospitals record supplies and services rendered during a hospital stay, and charge according to a fee schedule, or "chargemaster." ", RELATED | Watch 'Healthy for the Holidays' - protecting yourself and your family from COVID, flu and RSV, * Download the abc7NY app for breaking news alerts, Protest to call for George Santos' passport to be revoked, Man slashed in face inside apartment building in Brooklyn, 3 women shot while attending outdoor gathering in Queens. For those of you who like me, deal with chronic and serious health issues, I get it. "If you go to a hospital, they can charge you whatever they want. ", In its statement Sunday, the union said Hochul should listen to the frontline Covid nurse heroes and respect our federally-protected labor and collective bargaining rights., Mount Sinai said in a statement Monday that the union had "refused to accept the exact same 19.1 percent increased wage offer agreed to by eight other hospitals, including two other Mount Sinai Health System campuses.". Hospitals can refuse to admit or treat certain patients without incurring liability. Because for-profit companies are so heavily involved in the United States healthcare system, it has a ripple effect down to the patients who need prescription drugs or other medical products.