In a cross-sectional analysis reported in a research letter inJAMA Oncology, Chino et al found that a minority of National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers (NCI-CCs) were fully compliant with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) price transparency rules. Study Details...
Earlier this year, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)announced an updateto its enforcement processes for the Hospital Price Transparency regulations. The regulations, which went into effect on January 1, 2021, have foundhospitals around the country slow to adaptandCMS...
For “shoppable services,” information must also be “consumer friendly” For at least 300 “shoppable services,” meaning services a patient can schedule in advance, hospitals must post standard charges (gross charges, payer-specific negotiated charges, de-identified minimum and maximum negotiated ...
Hospitals will also be required to display, in a consumer-friendly manner, standard charges for at least 300 shoppable services provided by the hospital. The stated purpose of this rule is to "increase market competition, and ultimately drive down the cost of healthcare services, making them ...
standard charges for a limited set of shoppable services to failure to include the required data elements in the list of standard charges for shoppable services. Additionally, one hospital was cited for failure to follow the naming convention required by CMS for the comprehensive machine-...
300 shoppable services. Hospital shoppable services lists must include a plain-language description of services, payer-specific negotiated charge for each shoppable service as well as ancillary items and services, the location where the shoppable service is provided, and codes used for accounting or ...
“clear, accessible pricing information online about the items and services they provide.” The information must be provided both as a comprehensive machine-readable file with all items and services and in a display of shoppable services in a consumer-friendly format. The standard charges ...