Hospital Price Transparency Perceptions and Observations in the United States: A Rapid Review
Date
2023-04
Authors
Lieneck, Cristian H.
Darty, Kaven
Huddleston, Caitlin
Kreczmer, Jason
Lambdin, Stacy
Young, Dylan
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Abstract
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) began implementing the Hospital Price Transparency Rule in 2019, requiring all participating hospitals to publish their chargemasters online (gross charges) for all services provided. Policy implementation at the organization level has been questionable, with patients and health care consumers left interpreting detailed hospital financial information available online. The research objective was to investigate price transparency perceptions and observations since the introduction of shoppable services price transparency mandates in 2021.
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hospitals, price transparency, price estimate, charge master, surprise billing
Citation
Lieneck, C., Darty, K., Huddleston, C., Kreczmer, J., Lambdin, S., & Young, D. (2023). Hospital price transparency perceptions and observations in the United States: A rapid review. Poster presented at the Health Scholar Showcase, Translational Health Research Center, San Marcos, Texas.