CMS Final Price Transparency Rule: Take Heed in 2020

The new rule contains two key requirements—annual disclosure of prices and 300 “shoppable” items. Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) required that hospitals publish…

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Price Gouging in the ER: Patients Often Overcharged

Emergency departments across the United States charge adult patients 340% more than what Medicare pays for services, but minorities and the uninsured receive the biggest bills, according to new research…

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