- Review and streamline existing transparency policies, including the hospital price transparency rule and No Surprises Act, with a primary objective of reducing potential patient confusion and unnecessary regulatory burden on providers.
- Continue to convene providers, payers and patients for input on how to make federal price transparency as patient-centered as possible.
- Refrain from advancing additional legislation or regulations that may further confuse or complicate providers’ ability to provide meaningful price estimates while adding unnecessary costs to the health care system.
AHA shares hospital price transparency recommendations with legislators
The American Hospital Association outlined three recommendations regarding hospital price transparency policies ahead of a May 16 House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the subject:
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