Becker's Healthcare October 21, 2022
Rylee Wilson

HHS can reduce inflation in the healthcare industry by strictly enforcing hospital price transparency requirements, Cynthia Fisher, founder of advocacy group Patients Right Advocate, wrote in an opinion for The Hill published Oct. 21.

Ms. Fisher wrote that HHS can follow President Joe Biden’s directive to combat rising drug costs by enforcing hospital price transparency.

Laws requiring hospitals to disclose negotiated prices with payers went into effect in January 2021. So...

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Topics: Govt Agencies, Health System / Hospital, Healthcare System, HHS, Pricing / Spending, Provider
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