Healthcare DIVE October 22, 2020
The magnitude of the crisis has all but stopped some efforts, like a ban on surprise billing. But other changes are forging ahead, including price transparency requirements for hospitals.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nearly every aspect of healthcare, from worker protections to hospital capacity systems to supply chain management.
But the sheer overwhelming nature of the crisis has caused some other important storylines to receive less attention than they would in a pre-pandemic world.
Some movement is occurring despite the threat of the novel coronavirus, like regulatory efforts to increase transparency around consumer costs for services, a fight still ongoing in the courts. Legislative efforts like those to ban surprise medical bills, however, have significantly slowed despite patients still...
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