The Report Card on State Price Transparency Laws represents a joint effort between Catalyst for Payment Reform and the Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute to examine existing transparency laws in all 50 states and grade them, using well-defined criteria, on how well they support the information needs of consumers. This research revealed a wide variety of state laws, with two common and critical elements: (1) varying levels of price information and (2) varying levels of public access to that information. Using that continuum, the research team established levels of price transparency and scoring criteria.
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