Hospitals are still neglecting transparency rules

Hospitals are still neglecting transparency rules

The nonprofit group Patient Rights Advocate just published its fifth report exploring how hospitals are complying with federal price transparency requirements. About two-thirds are still flouting the rules.

That’s unacceptable. Noncompliant hospitals are preventing patients and payers from shopping around for high-value care — and inflating healthcare costs in the process.

The price transparency regulations went into effect in January 2021. Hospitals are now required to publish the prices they have negotiated with each insurer for every service they provide. They must also display the cost of 300 “shoppable” services , such as knee and hip replacements, in a “consumer-friendly” way.

Click to read the full article in the Washington Examiner.