An Act to improve health care cost accountability

HD 3711 establishes a new metric called the "Weighted Average Payer Rate" (WAPR) to measure how much hospitals and physician groups are paid across different insurance types (Commercial, Medicare, Medicaid). It requires hospitals and physician organizations to report their WAPR annually, calculated by weighting revenue per service (inpatient and outpatient) by their actual payer mix. The data must be included in annual reports to the health commission, which will use it during public hearings to analyze cost trends and reimbursement levels across the health care system. This bill directly affects hospitals, physician groups, and the health commission by mandating transparency in payment rates for cost accountability purposes.