Becker's Healthcare December 29, 2020
An appeals court rejected hospitals’ challenge of a rule that requires hospitals to disclose the rates they negotiate with insurers beginning in 2021.
On Dec. 29, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the district court’s grant of summary judgment to HHS.
Under the final rule issued in November 2019, hospitals are required to disclose the standard charges, including payer-specific negotiated rates, for all services beginning in 2021.
The American Hospital Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, Children’s Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals sued HHS in December 2019, arguing the department lacks statutory authority to require public disclosure of individually negotiated rates between commercial insurers and hospitals. HHS argued its...
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