Thursday, October 19, 2017

Consumers can now compare cost of care at Maryland hospitals

The Maryland Health Care Commission is launching an initiative that aims to increase transparency around cost and quality differences among hospitals throughout the state. The goal of the “Wear the Cost” initiative — so named for T-shirts associated with the campaign that are emblazoned with prices of different medical procedures — is to start statewide conversations around health care price and quality disparities and make cost data more accessible to patients, so they can make better decisions…



from https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2017/10/19/consumers-can-now-compare-cost-of-care-at-maryland.html?ana=RSS%26s=article_search
via http://baltimorecheckbook.tumblr.com/post/166566012042

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