Surgeons and Patients Significantly Misunderstand Cost and Reimbursement for Common General Surgical Operations, Likely Limiting the Benefit of CMS Price Transparency Rules

January 1, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Consumerism as a means of reducing healthcare expenditures is predicated on informed consumers making discrete choices.

Source: Journal of the American College of Surgeons - October 22, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Michael D. Williams, Beth E. Turrentine, Grant D. Frazier, Timothy McMurry Tags: General Surgery Source Type: research