Medicare & Medicaid Programs: CY 2020 Hospital Outpatient PPS Policy Changes & Payment Rates & Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System Policy Changes & Payment Rates

On November 15, 2019, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released this final rule regarding price transparency requirement for hospitals to make standard charges public. The final rule establishes requirements for hospitals operating in the United States to establish, update, and make public a list of their standard charges for the items and services that they provide. These actions are necessary to promote price transparency in health care and public access to hospital standard charges . . .