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AHA responds to CMS request for information on hospital price transparency accuracy, completeness

The AHA yesterday responded to a request for information from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on price transparency policy, specifically the accuracy and completeness of hospitals’ machine-readable files.
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Fact Sheet: Price Estimator Tools

Price estimator tools are currently patients’ best and most consumer-friendly source of information. They
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Departments Release New Guidance, RFIs on Hospital and Insurer Price Transparency

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury last week 

CMS releases new guidance, RFIs on hospital and insurer price transparency

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury May 22 released several new guidance documents and requests for information on price transparency, following the February executive order on the same subject.

CMS releases agenda for new administrator Mehmet Oz 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services April 10 released key priorities for new CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, who was confirmed to the position April 3.

Advocacy Issue: Transparency and Competition

Hospitals and health systems have made important progress in adopting federal price transparency requirements that require they both publicly post machine-readable files of a wide range of rate information and provide more consumer-friendly displays of pricing information for at least 300 shoppable services.

Administration issues executive order on hospital price transparency

The White House yesterday issued an
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Administration Releases Executive Order on Health Care Price Transparency

The White House Feb. 25 issued an executive order that directs the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury to improve upon and increase enforcement of the hospital and insurer price transparency requirements in the Hospital Price Transparency and Transparency in Coverage regulations.

Real Affordability Solutions from the Front Lines of Caring

Hospitals and health systems are where the most complex care is provided for ill and injured patients. Yet spending on inpatient and outpatient care has grown more slowly than spending on other health services. Hospitals and health systems have worked hard to provide the best value to patients and their families. Read more below.