Effective January 1, 2021, each hospital operating in the United States is now required to provide publicly accessible standard charge information online about the items and services they provide in 2 ways:
- Comprehensive machine-readable file with all items and services
- Display of 300 shoppable services in a consumer-friendly format
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will host a webinar on Price Transparency focusing on how hospitals can meet the requirements of the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule for posting standard charge information in the comprehensive machine-readable file. We will review the document “8 Steps to a Machine-Readable File of All Items & Services” and highlight specific good and bad examples of hospital compliance.
Please use the following link to register in advance for this webinar: https://cms.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_yWgu0qHkTearA3v7Cq885g.
The accompanying presentation will be available at www.cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency/resources approximately one week prior to the webinar. For additional information regarding hospital price transparency, please review the information on our website at www.cms.gov/hospital-price-transparency including the following resources.
- FAQs (www.cms.gov/files/document/…)
- 10 Steps to a Consumer-Friendly Display (www.cms.gov/files/document/…)
Quick Reference Checklist (https://www.cms.gov/files/document/hospital-price-transparency-final-rule-quick-reference-checklists.pdf