Good information on health care prices and quality is hard to find, according to Altarum and Catalyst for Payment Reform's 2017 Price Transparency and Physcian Quality Report Card.
Forbes reports that a new analysis by Altarum and CPR points out shortcomings in data on both the cost of health care and its quality.
"We continue to find that most states miss the mark in providing consumers with usable price and quality information," Altarum's Center for Value in Healthcare director François de Brantes says in the report. Maine was the only state to get better than an F grade in "both price and quality information," de Brantes adds. "That means that in 49 out of 50 states, consumers are basically in the dark when it comes to making value-based health care decisions."
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