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It’s been more than a year since hospitals were legally put on blast to reveal the reasoning behind overinflated healthcare costs.
Jan. 1 marked the first anniversary of the Hospital Price Transparency Rule, which required every hospital operating in the U.S. to provide a machine-readable file with pricing information for all items and services, along with a consumer-friendly format for people to shop on.
Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio
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