Fox: Hospitals will have to post prices online starting January 1
A rule that went into on January 1st called the Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule now requires hospitals to post a list of their standard prices online and make electronic medical records more readily available to patients. This new rule is part of a Medicare program aimed at pricing transparency, something that has long been needed. (It can be assumed that this will also allow people to choose how much they want to pay for services and might make hospitals lower their prices to be competitive or seek out the best doctors available.) RELATED STORY: Breastfed, home-birthed babies taken away from parents...
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