CMS Hospital Price Transparency Rule To Begin Public Reveal Of Device-Related Procedure Prices, Test Costs In 2021
Executive Summary
The US Medicare agency on 15 November released a final cost transparency rule calling on hospitals to detail their standard “shoppable services” charges for X-rays, advanced imaging, laboratory tests and an array of other device-related procedures, beginning on 1 January 2021. Meanwhile, an accompanying proposed rule released by the CMS on the same day would require insurance health plans to provide to participants and beneficiaries the insurers’ negotiated rates for all covered health-care items and services.
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