Tampa Bay hospitals confront new pricing transparency rules

Starting Jan. 1, hospitals will be required to post a list of standard patient charges online under a new federal requirement. On a national level, the health care industry is known to for not being as transparent with its prices. Seema Verma, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, told the Associated Press the new requirement for online prices reflects the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to en courage patients to become better-educated decision makers in their own care. “We…
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