Hospital and ASC Price Transparency Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 12/17/2024
Actions
- 2024-12-17Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2023-07-28Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2023-07-24Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2023-07-24Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- 2023-07-24Introduced in House
- 2023-07-24Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2023-07-24 (00)
Hospital and ASC Price Transparency Act of 2023
This bill requires Medicare hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to publish their prices.
Specifically, hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers must publish pricing information for at least 300 shoppable services designated by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), including the gross charge and discounted cash price. The CMS must establish the method and manner of publication; hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers that have price estimator tools are deemed to be in compliance with the bill's requirements if the tool meets certain specified criteria.
Hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers are subject to civil penalties for noncompliance. The CMS must publish information about the status of each hospital and ambulatory surgical center's compliance.
The bill provides funds for FY2024 to implement these requirements.
Subjects
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Government information and archives
- Health care costs and insurance
- Home and outpatient care
- Hospital care
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Medicare
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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