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On November 12, 2020, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Department of Labor and Department of the Treasury jointly published a final rule requiring health care payors to publicly disclose certain price and cost-sharing information (the “Final Rule”). The Final Rule, which HHS refers to as the “Transparency in Coverage”... READ MORE

On November 15, 2019, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) released the final rule on Price Transparency Requirements for Hospitals to Make Standard Charges Public (“Final Rule”) (available here). Despite broad opposition from the industry, CMS finalized the rule largely as proposed. CMS did delay the effective date until January 1, 2021,... READ MORE

CMS Releases Price Transparency Rules On November 15, CMS issued a proposed and final rule, both intended to increase the transparency in pricing for health care providers. One of the rules is the Calendar Year (“CY “) 2020 Outpatient Prospective Payment System (“OPPS”) final rule. The second rule is the Transparency in Coverage proposed... READ MORE