Fierce Healthcare July 30, 2019
Insurers and hospitals both are fighting a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services proposal to disclose privately negotiated rates for certain hospital services.
Hospitals and insurers are signaling a major fight with the Trump administration over a proposed rule to reveal negotiated prices for items and services.
Industry groups for both providers and payers came out vehemently opposing parts of the proposed outpatient payment rule released late Monday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Nestled in the rule is a proposal to make hospitals publish online starting next year the list and negotiated prices for “shoppable” hospital services and products such as clinic visits or lab tests.
“Disclosing the negotiated rate between insurers and hospitals will...
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