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In a prior blog post, we discussed CMS’ Hospital Price Transparency Rule at 45 C.F.R. § 180.10
et. seq., effective January 1, 2021 (the “
Rule”), which requires hospitals to make public “a machine-readable file containing a list of all standard charges for all items and services.” Specifically, the Rule requires hospitals to post (1) a description of each item or service provided by the hospital; (2) the gross charge that applies to each individual item or service; (3) payer-specific negotiated rates that apply to each item or service for which a payer negotiated rate has been established. Each payer negotiated price must be clearly associated with the name of the applicable third-party payer and plan; (4) de-identified minimum negotiated rates that apply to each item or service; (5) de-identified maximum negotiated rates that apply to each item or service; (6) discounted cash prices that apply to each item
CMS’ Hospital Price Transparency Rule at 45 C.F.R. § 180.10 requires hospitals to make public a machine-readable file containing a list of all standard charges for all items and services. Health Affairs study shows many hospitals are noncompliant.
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Bipartisan Leadership of House Committee of Energy and Commerce and its Health Subcommittee Urge HHS Secretary Becerra to Vigorously Enforce Compliance with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule Wednesday, April 21, 2021
By letter dated April 13, 2021 (Letter), the Democrat and Republican leadership of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and its Subcommittee on Health, wrote United States Health and Human Services Secretary, Xavier Becerra, urging HHS to provide robust oversight and enforcement of the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (Rule).
The Rule, which became effective January 1, 2021, requires hospitals to make available to the public a machine readable and searchable file containing a list of “standard charges” for all hospital items and services as well as to display 300 shoppable services of the hospital in a consumer-friendly format. “Standard charges” is defined to include for each item and service the gross charge, the discount
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