Price transparency is increasingly important as consumers become more engaged and the health care system shifts to focus on value rather than volume. States have a wide variety of laws and regulations in place regulating the release of price information, the type and format of price information that patients can access, and mechanisms to collect these data. In addition, Medicare’s recent release of hospital charge data will assist in price transparency efforts throughout the country.
We invite you to read our new group of products related to these issues. In addition to our Fast Facts: What is an All-Payer Claims Database and Myth Buster on Hospital Charge Data, we have also compiled three 50 State Comparative Maps addressing the reporting of and patient access to provider charge data. Additionally, we have posted a related brief on Medicare’s Release of Hospital Charge Data. Click on the links below to see these new resources:
- Fast Facts: What is an All-Payer Claims Database?
- Myth Buster: Hospital Charge Data is Hidden from Patients
- Brief: Medicare Releases Inpatient and Outpatient Hospital Charge Data
- 50 State Comparative Maps:
1) Providers Must Disclose Charge Data Upon a Patient’s Request
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