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
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 discounted cash price.
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