Today, the Biden Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed a series of tough measures to crack down on hospitals that are brazenly flouting rules, in effect since January 1, requiring posting of previously secret negotiated and cash prices for every item and service they provide to patients. As part of the proposed annual […]
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With the recent Biden Executive Order doubling down on Trump-era price transparency requirements on hospitals and insurers, you might think that the Swampian special interests trying to keep hiding prices from patients and other purchasers of care would finally be silenced. But we know that the Swamp never sleeps. Even after the hospitals were absolutely
Today, the Biden White House issued a wide-ranging Executive Order ordering his agencies to prioritize economic competition in a number of industries, including health care. In particular, the order directs HHS Secretary Becerra to “support existing price transparency initiatives for hospitals, other providers, and insurers along with any new price transparency initiatives or changes made
For self-funded health plan fiduciaries such as employers and their officers, and for policy-makers bombarded with demands to protect the gravy train from the special interests in the health care supply chain, this list is for you. This list is also for patients and their loved ones, so that they know that they’re not alone
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