Looking at 2,000 U.S. hospitals’ websites, only about a quarter were in full compliance with federal price transparency rules, according to a new analysis from PatientRightsAdvocate.org.
The majority of hospitals have some required files posted, but most are incomplete, illegible or do not clearly identify prices both associated with payer and plan, according to the report. Some 6% of the hospitals posted no usable pricing files, reports Healthcare Dive.
This latest report calls out both major for-profit and nonprofit chains across the country for not following the rules, including HCA Healthcare, Tenet, Providence and UPMC, which lacked any compliant hospitals.
The federal price transparency rule, created to help patients shop around for care, has been met with widespread noncompliance since its inception. Read more.
