Slowly, state laws requiring price transparency for healthcare-related costs are beginning to work. However, much room forprogress remains, as can be seen in the results of the fourthannual state pricing transparency survey.
The survey was produced by the nonprofit healthpolicy tandem of the Health Care Incentives Improvement Instituteand the Catalyst for Payment Reform. Their report card grades states on avariety of metrics, analyzing their transparency laws for bothscope and ease of implementation.
The report notes that the laws are often much stronger in theorythan in execution, a major obstacle to achieving true nationalhealth care pricetransparency.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
