Letter/Comment
AHA letter urging HHS to exercise enforcement discretion with respect to the hospital price transparency rule.
AHA Member Advisory
December 22, 2020
AHA, others continue to challenge the rule in the courts
The hospital price transparency rule takes effect Jan. 1, 2021, requiring hospitals and health systems to disclose all standard charges, as defined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to mean privately negotiated rates with insurers, gross charges (a.k.a., “list prices”) and discounted cash prices. Hospitals also will be required to provide an out-of-pocket price estimator tool or negotiated rate information on 300 “shoppable” services for patients.