“The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Monday unveiled proposed rules that mandate pricing transparency for hospitals that the Trump administration says will leverage competition among hospitals to lower healthcare costs for consumers…”
“It was one of three proposed changes unveiled Monday that includes an initiative to encourage site-neutral payments between Medicare sites of services, and policy changes for the Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System.”
“The proposed pricing transparency rules, which would take effect on January 1, 2020, would require hospitals to…” Read the full article here.
Source: CMS Unveils Sweeping Proposed Mandates on Hospital Pricing Transparency – By John Commins, July 29, 2019. HealthLeaders.
