Healthcare DIVE August 10, 2022
Dive Brief:
- Just 16% of hospitals are fully compliant with a federal price transparency law more than a year after it went into effect, a healthcare consumer advocacy group said Tuesday. The CMS regulation requires hospitals to post pricing information for items and services online in a consumer-friendly format to help patients explore options.
- Patient Rights Advocate said nearly 40% of the 2,000 hospitals it reviewed have posted negotiated prices clearly associated with payers and plans, but more than 50% “failed compliance” because most of their pricing data was missing or incomplete.
- The nonprofit, in a report, accused HCA Healthcare and Ascension of continuing to “flout the law with zero compliance.” Both hospital operators said they are compliant with...
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