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This is the GDPR cookie popup annoyance equivalent of requiring hospitals to disclose their chargemasters, but not spelling out that the published data should b
by EForEndeavour 5y ago
This is the GDPR cookie popup annoyance equivalent of requiring hospitals to disclose their chargemasters, but not spelling out that the published data should be reasonably human-readabale. Malicious compliance.
- KarlKemp 5y agoOh but, if you read slightly between the article’s lines, you’ll notice that the law does require both human- and machine-readable publication. The machine-readable part is mandated here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/27/2019-24931/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2020-hospital-outpatient-pps-policy-changes-and-payment-rates-and#p-1010 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/27/2019-24... As a taste of how specific this is: (5) The file must use the following naming convention specified by CMS, specifically: <ein>_<hospital-name>_standardcharges.[json|xml|csv]. And here’s the consumer-readability requirement for 300 “shoppable’ services: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/27/2019-24931/medicare-and-medicaid-programs-cy-2020-hospital-outpatient-pps-policy-changes-and-payment-rates-and#p-1030 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/11/27/2019-24... They aren’t always quite as stupid as people make them out to be, these lawyers.
- EForEndeavour 5y agoFrom your second link: > c) Format. A hospital has discretion to choose a format for making public the information described in paragraph (b) of this section online. This is how you get Excel files with certain column widths set to zero. All it has to be is searchable, free, public, and updated regularly.