The Trump administration now requires hospitals to post their chargemasters online in an effort to increase pricing transparency in the industry. But many experts criticize the rules, saying the information is unusable to consumers. In other hospital news: children's hospitals brace for changes from the administration's tax reform law, and hospitals push physicians to go in-network.
from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2QLfPco
January 14, 2019
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Health News, Kaiser Health News
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