Sep 9
2019
CMS: Hospitals Must Post Rates; Hospitals Not Interested In Doing So
In healthcare, it seems that nothing is easy — technology, regulation, privacy, and security. And now, pricing. Efforts are underway to make prices more transparent; this is a tentpole issue for the Trump administration, which wants hospitals to begin posting “shoppable” prices online in 2020.
According to reports, some hospitals are facing some challenges for doing so and are trying to figure out how they’ll be able to meet the requirement.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Servics (CMS) offered the proposed rule, which mandates that hospitals publish their payer-negotiated rates for “shoppable services” starting on the first of the year. This is part of CMS’ outpatient payment rule. The proposed rule is expected to be finalized by November 2019.
To read my full report on this pricing transparency battle, check out my article on MultiBriefs here.