Transparency

Transparency

Transparency. What information about health care prices and quality can we can reasonably provide to the general public, what information would be most helpful, what medical procedure(s) we should focus on, what format we should consider, who would collect and update this information, and where this information would be housed? As a side but very related topic, the workgroup will also discuss how to help the health information technology project of HealthShare Montana succeed.

Mike Foster with St. Vincent Healthcare is the workgroup leader.

If you wish to participate, please contact David Kendall, workgroups facilitator at 406-543-2265 or david “at” ekendalls dot net. (this address is spelled out to prevent web crawlers from recognizing it).

Click on the following links for more information.

Recommendations:

Recommendation on Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
Recommendation to Support Healthshare Montana

More Information about Health Information Technology:

Congressional Appropriation for Healthshare Montana

Background on Pricing Transparency:

Hospital Pricing Transparency Initiative – Letter of Support
St. Peter’s Hospital Survey about Hospital Pricing Information
Likely Health Care Shopping Items for Consumers
Comparison of State Transparency Laws

Legislation:

Prescription Drug Monitoring legislation