June 4, 2013 | The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has launched an app competition aimed at improving consumer understanding and use of data that compare hospital prices. Spurred by the publication of prices charged by more than 3,000 hospitals for the 100 most common inpatient procedures by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the apps will further disseminate those data. The competition consists of two components—one for creating visualizations of the data, and another for developing consumer applications and tools. Winners of the RWJF Hospital Price Transparency Challenge will share $120,000 in prize money. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation