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Public Awareness and Use of Price Transparency: Report From a National Survey

Public Awareness and Use of Price Transparency: Report From a National Survey

This began to change when the hospital price transparency (HPT) went into effect on January 1, 2021 [5]. HPT requires hospitals to post prices or negotiated rates of common, “shoppable,” services, as defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), in a machine-readable format. Examples of these shoppable services include common blood tests and radiology services such as X-rays and mammograms.

Yuvraj Pathak, David Muhlestein

Interact J Med Res 2024;13:e64439

Mohs Surgery Price Transparency and Variability at Academic Hospitals After the Implementation of the Federal Price Transparency Final Rule

Mohs Surgery Price Transparency and Variability at Academic Hospitals After the Implementation of the Federal Price Transparency Final Rule

In response to rising health care costs, which can lead to high out-of-pocket patient costs, the US federal government implemented the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule in 2021 [1,2]. This legislation mandates that hospitals disclose cash and commercial insurance prices for at least 300 medical services. The goal was to foster price transparency, stimulate price competition, and ultimately lower health care costs.

Neelesh P Jain, Christian Gronbeck, Eric Beltrami, Hao Feng

JMIR Dermatol 2023;6:e50381

Availability, Formulation, Labeling, and Price of Low-sodium Salt Worldwide: Environmental Scan

Availability, Formulation, Labeling, and Price of Low-sodium Salt Worldwide: Environmental Scan

Data were extracted by one researcher (XY) to a predesigned Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Corporation) sheet, including data source, search date, product website, brand, formulation, nutrition facts, safety warnings, and price. The price of regular salt in the same brand was also extracted from online shopping websites for price comparison. Information on the low-sodium salt was summarized by country. Price was converted into US dollars per kilogram (US $/kg) using the exchange rate at the time of the search.

Xuejun Yin, Hueiming Liu, Jacqui Webster, Kathy Trieu, Mark D Huffman, J Jaime Miranda, Matti Marklund, Jason H Y Wu, Laura K Cobb, Ka Chun Li, Sallie-Anne Pearson, Bruce Neal, Maoyi Tian

JMIR Public Health Surveill 2021;7(7):e27423