Bill > S802

This bill aims to improve health care cost accountability by amending the existing Chapter 224 6D and Chapter 224 12C of the Acts of 2012. It introduces a new metric called the "Weighted Average Payer Rate" (WAPR), which measures the average reimbursement rate from commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid payers for inpatient and outpatient services. The bill requires the state's Health Policy Commission to analyze WAPR data, along with other factors, during its annual public hearings on health care cost trends and to include WAPR information in its annual reports. This is intended to provide greater transparency and accountability around health care costs and reimbursement rates in the state.