{"id":8367,"date":"2017-10-24T08:35:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T12:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8367"},"modified":"2017-10-24T08:35:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T12:35:32","slug":"maryland-health-commission-creates-online-tool-for-patients-to-compare-prices-for-medical-procedures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=8367","title":{"rendered":"Maryland health commission creates online tool for patients to compare prices for medical procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Alyssa Rege for <em>Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Maryland Health Care Commission\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mhcc.maryland.gov\/mhcc\/pages\/home\/news\/documents\/mhcc_press_release_wear_the_cost.pdf\">launched<\/a>\u00a0an online tool Oct. 19 to help patients compare cost and quality differences between various hospitals across the state. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/finance\/maryland-health-commission-creates-online-tool-for-patients-to-compare-prices-for-medical-procedures.html\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7924\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_33628218health-care-medical-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Alyssa Rege for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) The Maryland Health Care Commission\u00a0launched\u00a0an online tool Oct. 19 to help patients compare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8367"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8368,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8367\/revisions\/8368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}