34.5% of hospitals complying with price transparency rule, report says

Becker's Healthcare March 1, 2024
Andrew Cass

A PatientRightsAdvocate.org report from Feb. 29 found that just 689 (34.5%) of 2,000 hospitals it examined were fully compliant with federal price transparency rules.

That is down from 721 (36%) that were found to be fully compliant from the organization’s last report, released in July.

Six things to know:

1. The report found 1,311 hospitals were not in full compliance. The most common reason for noncompliance was missing or significantly incomplete pricing data.

2. Eighty-seven (4.4%) hospitals did not post a usable standard charges file.

3. The report found that 100% of hospitals owned by Community Health Systems (Franklin, Tenn.); 96% of hospitals owned by Universal Health Services (King of Prussia, Pa.); 93% of hospitals owned...

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