Trilliant Health rolls out free AI chatbot to dig into hospital price transparency data
Data analytics firm Trilliant Health developed a free artificial intelligence chatbot that enables consumers, researchers, payers and providers to quickly parse through hospital price transparency files.
The AI tool, called Oria, makes healthcare prices for hospital-based services freely accessible, according to Hal Andrews, Trilliant's CEO.
Since 2021, federal regulators have stepped up price transparency requirements for providers and payers. Federal now now requires hospitals to publicly post information about their standard prices and negotiated discount rates for common health services to encourage consumers to compare prices and to promote competition.
But these complex machine-readable files are often messy, inconsistent and confusing, making it challenging for patients and researchers to effectively use the data.