price transparency · regulations
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CMS finalizes price transparency overhaul for payers
The Trump administration is overhauling federal price transparency rules for payers and self-insured employers, including cutting so-called “ghost rates,” expanding out-of-network price disclosures and requiring executives to vouch for the accuracy of the data. The final rule, released Oct. 5 by CMS and the Labor and Treasury departments, revises the price transparency regulations first finalized […] The post CMS finalizes price transparency overhaul for payers appeared first on Becker's Paye...
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FTC sends price transparency warning letters to 24 large hospital systems
Letters sent Monday warn that CMS guidances on price transparency are "a regulatory floor." Hospitals are also subject to the FTC Act's prohibitions on unfair or deceptive marketplace practices, which could apply to incomplete or inaccurate pricing information, the regulator said.
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Payers face a choice on price transparency: Comply or adopt
CMS shared its Transparency in Coverage rulemaking — formed in partnership with the Labor and Treasury departments — on Oct. 5. Now, payers are reckoning with the changes. The rule updated previous regulations introduced by the Trump administration in 2020, such as a requirement for payers to post negotiated rates. The recent rule cuts so-called […] The post Payers face a choice on price transparency: Comply or adopt appeared first on Becker's Payer Issues | Payer News .
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CMS finalizes updates to price transparency regulations that aim to improve usability
The Trump administration on Monday finalized a rule that aims to make the data files mandated under price transparency regulations more usable.