In March, journalist Steven Brill got Americans talking about pricing with his TIME cover story, “Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us,” which investigated hospital billing practices. Then, in May, CMS released hospital chargemaster data to the public for the 100 most common Medicare inpatient diagnostic related groups. In June, the agency also published data from calendar year 2011 on hospital-specific charges for the 30 most common ambulatory payment classifications, or APCs, for hospitals paid under the Medicare outpatient prospective payment basis.
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