大多数主要医院未能遵守联邦价格透明度法规
Jacob L Kotlier1, Amir Fathi2, Joshua M Yazditabar2
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A..
概括
顶级的骨科医院对体育医学程序的联邦价格透明度规则的遵守情况不佳. 许多医院未能列出最低或最高费用,这阻碍了患者做出明智的决定和价格比较.
科学领域:
- 卫生政策和经济学
- 整形外科手术 整形外科手术
- 医疗保健管理的管理.
背景情况:
- 联邦价格透明度法规旨在为患者提供医疗程序的成本信息.
- 了解医院的合规性对于评估这些法规的有效性至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估顶级的骨科医院是否符合体育医学程序的联邦价格透明度要求.
- 识别特定的不合规领域和报告价格的变化.
主要方法:
- 对前100家整形外科医院 (2023年6月至11月) 的在线价格估计器和机器可读文件的分析.
- 评估是否符合医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心 (CMS) 的价格透明度规则,用于下压缩 (CPT 29826) 和阴道切除术 (CPT 29881).
- 基于医院排名和地理区域的统计比较.
主要成果:
- 95%的医院提供了价格估计器,但只有38-39%的医院完全遵守了研究过程的所有规定.
- 许多医院未能列出最低或最高费用.
- 对机器可读文件报告的遵守率低于20%,各机构的价格差异很大.
- 排名更高的医院往往会为手术支付更高的现金价格.
结论:
- 顶级的骨科医院表现出对体育医学的联邦价格透明度要求的不充分遵守.
- 违规往往源于不完整的价格估计器数据和缺失的机器可读文件信息.
- 解决这些差距对于实现医疗保健中有意义的消费者价格透明度至关重要.
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