Program Type
Undergraduate
Faculty Advisor
Georgeanna Wright
Document Type
Poster
Location
Face-to-face
Start Date
25-4-2023 11:30 AM
Abstract
A rule implemented by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in January 2021 states that acute care hospitals are required to post online a machine-readable file that makes changes in hospital price transparency. It aims to improve the affordability of hospital care by promoting price competition. The hospitals that are compliant with the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule will facilitate online price shopping for patients by making prices for services available. We reviewed the research to explain the purpose of determining how compliant acute care hospitals have been with the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule since its implementation. A cross-sectional observational study found that 55% of the 3,558 Medicare-certified acute-care hospitals had not posted a machine-readable file. We reviewed research and found that hospitals aren’t compliant with the Final Rule which would compromise the effectiveness of this regulation.
Recommended Citation
Parker, Raegan and Moore, Kylie, "Critical Appraisal: Hospital Price Transparency of Acute Care Hospitals" (2023). ATU Research Symposium. 27.
https://orc.library.atu.edu/atu_rs/2023/2023/27
Included in
Critical Appraisal: Hospital Price Transparency of Acute Care Hospitals
Face-to-face
A rule implemented by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in January 2021 states that acute care hospitals are required to post online a machine-readable file that makes changes in hospital price transparency. It aims to improve the affordability of hospital care by promoting price competition. The hospitals that are compliant with the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule will facilitate online price shopping for patients by making prices for services available. We reviewed the research to explain the purpose of determining how compliant acute care hospitals have been with the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule since its implementation. A cross-sectional observational study found that 55% of the 3,558 Medicare-certified acute-care hospitals had not posted a machine-readable file. We reviewed research and found that hospitals aren’t compliant with the Final Rule which would compromise the effectiveness of this regulation.
Comments
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