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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 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.
AHA Senate Statement for the Record on Health Care Transparency: Lowering Costs and Empowering Patients
The American Hospital Association shares the hospital field’s comments on health care costs and transparency before the Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Hospital Price Transparency Rule Updates July 2024
Since going into effect, CMS has made several changes to the Hospital Price Transparency Rule requirements on hospitals. The most recent set of changes, including requiring hospitals to use a standard machine-readable file format, go into effect July 1, 2024.
AHA Letter to Senator Lankford Expressing Support of Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolutions
The AHA writes in support of S.J.Res. 91, a joint resolution for congressional disapproval of a rule relating to "Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Minimum Staffing Standards for Long-Term Care Facilities and Medicaid Institutional Payment Transparency Reporting."
AHA Member Advisory on Upcoming Release of Hospital Price Transparency Study
AHA expects the release of a new price transparency report next week. See AHA resources to prepare your organization’s response to the study findings.
Protect Access to Care for Patients and Communities
Congress should enact policies to strengthen the health care workforce and reject harmful proposals that would cut Medicare or Medicaid payments to hospitals and reduce access to care and services for patients.
Making Health Care More Affordable: Price Transparency and Eliminating ‘Surprise’ Billing
Just as there are challenges to making health care more affordable, there are many opportunities to reduce costs without compromising care. Hospitals are pursuing these opportunities in variety of ways. Many are tackling the affordability issue already, seeking change that makes sense for them and the communities they serve, and working to improve, price transparency and eliminate ‘surprise’ billing.
Fact Sheet: Hospital Price Transparency
Hospitals and health systems are committed to empowering patients with all the information they need to live their healthiest lives. This includes ensuring they have access to accurate price information when seeking care. Most hospitals use cost estimate tools to provide patient-specific price information because every course of care is unique.