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Trump administration finalizes healthcare price-transparency rule
The Trump administration finalized a rule requiring more accessible public disclosures of healthcare prices. It requires monthly machine-readable files and seeks to eliminate negotiated rates for services that were never performed.
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The Trump administration finalized a healthcare price-transparency rule.
“The Trump administration finalized a new rule Monday”
The rule requires healthcare providers to post machine-readable files monthly for each plan or coverage they offer.
“requires providers to post machine-readable files monthly for each plan or coverage they offer”
The rule mandates that insurers eliminate negotiated rates for healthcare services that were never performed.
“mandates that insurers cut out "ghost rates"-- or negotiated rates between insurers and medical providers for services never performed”