Trump Proposes Forcing Hospitals to Disclose Discount Rates Negotiated With Insurers

By Staff Reporter
Posted on 07/29/19 | News Source: WSJ

Hospitals would have to disclose the discounted prices they negotiate with insurance companies under a Trump administration rule that could upend the $1 trillion hospital industry by revealing rates long guarded as trade secrets.
Hospitals that fail to share the discounted prices in an online form could be fined up to $300 a day, according to information on the proposal viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
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