Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S.

Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S. by Dowwie on Thursday December 27, 2018 @06:49AM (#18768939)

EMR, Health Information Exchanges, teams of analysts organizing standards for information exchange, and mandates for upgrades should have set the stage for transparency beyond published fictional information by providers.

Would someone please comment about these projects? The affordable care act gave more than a billion dollars away for people to work on the exact same, redundant projects in regions across the United States. Did these initiatives reach production and are they running today?

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Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S. by nradov on Thursday December 27, 2018 @12:04PM (#18770721)

Yes EMRs have been widely deployed, and the majority of providers are now connected to some sort of HIE. This has helped to improve care quality slightly by reducing medical errors and preventing the need for duplicate procedures. However it hasn't had much impact on billing or insurance issues; those will have to be addressed separately.

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Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S. by mmirate3 on Thursday December 27, 2018 @08:45PM (#18774270)

Medical Records and Practice Management are often two separate pieces of software, with only the latter one dealing with billing and insurance.

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