In its second report evaluating whether hospitals are with complying with the price transparency rule that went into effect Jan. 1, 2021, PatientRightsAdvocate.org found compliance to be still very low with none of the hospitals at the nation's largest hospital system posting prices online.
Early implementation of federal transparency mandates for hospital prices illustrate challenges consumers and companies will face in trying to use these data to control costs.
The Community Oncology Alliance was among the groups that did their own research in support of a plan to boost the federal penalties for hospitals that fail to meet standards for revealing prices.
When President Donald Trump issued a rule requiring hospitals and insurance companies to post their prices online, liberals were confused. Cynthia Fisher Patients Rights Advocate “Wait a second,” they asked. “Who persuaded that guy to do something good like that?” Turns out it was Cynthia Fisher, the founder and chair of patientrightsadvocate.org. Her mission –…