Texas Hospitals Lack Compliance with Federal Price Transparency Rule According to Survey
August 2, 2021 | Texas
Half a year after losing an appeals court battle, many hospitals across the country are still not fully compliant with the federal government’s price transparency rule — including 23 of Texas’ largest hospitals.
An analysis by PatientsRightsAdvocate.org surveyed 500 hospitals across the nation from May to July estimates that 5.6 percent of the nation’s hospitals are fully compliant. The group took a random sample of America’s over 6,000 hospitals.
Issued during the Trump administration, the price transparency rule is a regulatory measure requiring hospitals to make available to customers their actual prices rather than mere ranges or estimates. It also requires hospitals to post those prices on a shoppable page on their website.
The regulatory price transparency rule took effect on January 1 after the American Hospital Association (AHA) lost its challenge in front of the D.C. circuit court in December…. (Excerpts from The Texan)
