American Hospital Association June 16, 2022
Understanding potential costs is an important part of the patient experience when planning for care, and hospitals and health systems are committed to helping patients navigate that process. That is why the field is developing and deploying tools to help patients get the information they need. Hospitals also have policies in place to assist patients who cannot pay for part or all of the care they receive.
The AHA is supporting this activity by highlighting tools that aid patients and align with the new federal price transparency policy. The first requirement of the policy includes a provision around “shoppable services” that can be met through the use of a patient cost estimator tool, an approach that has been widely adopted....