The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is cracking down on enforcing the price transparency rule through fines and has released the names of four hospitals that have not complied and have ...

If a Colorado hospital attempts to collect medical debt from patients but has not been complying with CMS' price transparency rule, the facility would face financial penalties. A bill seeking to ...

The government shutdown fight brought America’s outrageous health care costs back to the top of the news cycle. One of the fastest, most straightforward steps Washington can take to lower them ...

CMS ramped up enforcement of hospital price transparency rules in 2025, issuing fines to 10 hospitals after imposing three in 2024. Here are seven things to know about hospital price transparency ...

CMS will delay enforcement of the insurance price transparency rule by six months, according to recent guidance from the agency. While the Transparency in Coverage final rule is set to take effect Jan ...

Although hospitals see value in price transparency, a majority are concerned about significant challenges around deployment of CMS' price transparency regulation, according to a KLAS survey of 66 ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released its final guidance for the third cycle of the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program on Tuesday, introducing major ...

Aetna and Cigna's TIC data generally matched or exceeded their reported provider counts, while UnitedHealthcare listed fewer providers. Physician and hospital outpatient data were more complete than ...

Healthcare is the only industry in which consumers are completely unaware about the price of a service they are purchasing until after the fact, when the medical bills arrive. Patients, however, want ...

Hospitals across Rhode Island are required by federal and state law to post their medical pricing data, including the negotiated prices for procedures by insurer, to their websites in a ...

Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also ...