Improving Price and Quality Transparency in American Healthcare To Put Patients First
Headline: Orders Hospitals and Agencies to Publish Healthcare Prices and Quality
What it does: Agencies must issue rules, guidance, and reports to make hospital prices and quality information public and address surprise billing.
- Hospitals must publicly post standard charges and negotiated rates in machine-readable form.
- Patients may receive estimated out-of-pocket costs before getting care.
- Researchers gain increased access to de-identified claims data for analysis.
Summary
This order directs federal agencies to make healthcare prices and quality information easier for patients to find and compare. It requires hospitals to post standard charges, asks insurers and plans to give expected out-of-pocket costs before care, and seeks reports and rules to increase transparency.
It also directs agencies to align quality measures across federal programs, expand access to de-identified claims data for researchers, and issue tax guidance to help patients use health savings and flexible spending accounts.
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