Transparency, Accessibility, and Variability of US Hospital Price Data

Waqas Haque; Muzzammil Ahmadzada; Hassan Allahrakha; Eman Haque; David Hsiehchen

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.10109

Transparency, Accessibility, and Variability of US Hospital Price Data

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 May 3;4(5):e2110109. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.10109.

Authors

Waqas Haque¹, Muzzammil Ahmadzada², Hassan Allahrakha³, Eman Haque⁴, David Hsiehchen⁵

Affiliations

¹ University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas.
² Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ William Carey College of Osteopathic Medicine, Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
⁴ Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas.
⁵ Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates the compliance of hospitals with a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ruling mandating that hospital chargemasters be publicly available in a machine-readable file.

MeSH terms

Cross-Sectional Studies
Guideline Adherence / standards
Guideline Adherence / statistics & numerical data
Health Expenditures / standards*
Health Expenditures / statistics & numerical data*
Health Services Accessibility / economics*
Health Services Accessibility / standards*
Health Services Accessibility / statistics & numerical data*
Hospital Charges / standards*
Hospital Charges / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Medicaid / standards
Medicaid / statistics & numerical data
Medicare / standards
Medicare / statistics & numerical data
United States