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Price Transparency: Making Things Clearer or More Confusing?
When the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) enacted its price transparency rule on January 1, 2021,…
CMS Sends Out Warning Notices for Transparency Rule Non-Compliance, But No…
On January 1, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented a hospital price transparency regulation that…
Hospital Price Disclosures Still Not Perfect
In mid-December 2021, a study published in JAMA Open Network concluded that the CMS rule requiring hospitals in the United States…
CMS Delays Enforcement of Certain “Transparency in Coverage” Final Rule…
Earlier this year, the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it plans to delay the…
CMS Announces Increased Fines for Transparency Violations
In early November 2021, in the 2022 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System Final Rule, the United States Centers for…
Most Hospitals Not Abiding by Transparency Rule
In mid-June, JAMA published a study that found that a majority of hospitals are not complying with the transparency rule finalized…
California Legislation Proposes Requirement to Make Patients Aware of Open…
Earlier this year, the California Assembly passed legislation that would require physicians in California to inform their patients…
North Dakota Enacts Price Transparency Law
On April 27, 2021, Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota signed House Bill 1032 into law, making North Dakota the latest state to…
Lawmakers Express Concern Over Lack of Transparency Compliance
A bipartisan group of lawmakers raised concerns about the lack of compliance among hospitals to post prices for services online. A…
CMS Proposes Ending Plan for Transparency of Certain Medicare Advantage…
CMS is proposing to abandon a plan to require hospitals to disclose certain negotiated rates it reaches with Medicare Advantage…