CMS Releases 1st Rule on Transparency

Article archive / August 2019

Originally published: . Volume 10, No. 8. Source pages: 3.

The Trump administration proposed a rule Monday that would require hospitals to post online the health-care prices they have negotiated with insurers, reported the Washington Post. This comes one month after President Trump's executive order requiring medical services and especial hospitals, give more information about the cost of health services.

"Health insurers and providers have fiercely opposed having to publicly reveal their negotiated prices, which they say would stifle competition," noted the Post.


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