Factors Associated with Compliance to the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule: a National Landscape Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule, effective January 1, 2021, requires hospitals to post online a machine-readable file that includes payer-specific negotiated commercial prices for all services. The regulation aims to improve the affordability of hospital care by promoting price competition. However, a low compliance level among hospitals would compromise the operational effectiveness of this regulation. Understanding hospitals' compliance status to the regulation has important implications for its enforcement effort and effectiveness assessment.

Objective

To analyze nationwide hospitals' compliance status to the Hospital Price Transparency Rule.

Design

Cross-sectional observational study.

Participants

A total of 3558 Medicare-certified gen

SUBMITTER: Jiang JX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8667537 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature