Evaluation of Hospital Compliance With Federal Price Transparency Regulations and Variability of Negotiated Rates for Spinal Fusion.

Tariq Ziad IssaYunsoo LeeAditya S MazmudarRichard PadovanoMark J LambrechtsJose A CansecoAlan S HilibrandAlexander R VaccaroChristopher K KeplerGregory D Schroeder

Published in: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2023)

Most US hospitals are not fully compliant with CMS price transparency regulations for spinal fusions despite increased overall utilization of price estimators and machine-readable files. Although higher ranked hospitals charged more for spinal fusions, DRG prices remain widely variable with little to no correlation with practice cost or socioeconomic parameters.

Keyphrases

healthcare
spinal cord
primary care
spinal cord injury
quality improvement
emergency department
machine learning
adverse drug
drug induced