Becker's Healthcare February 26, 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Feb. 25 targeted at boosting healthcare price transparency.
Here are five things to know about the executive order:
1. The order directs HHS and the Labor and Treasury departments to “rapidly implement and enforce” healthcare price transparency enforcement regulations. The order refers to regulations that President Trump introduced during his first term, which he said the Biden administration was “slow walking,” according to a Feb. 25 White House fact sheet.
2. The departments will ensure hospitals and payers disclose actual prices, not estimates, and take action to...