Appeals Court Clears Hospital Transparency Rule To Go Into Effect Jan. 1

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday (Dec. 29) ruled that HHS can move forward with its controversial hospital price transparency rule on Jan. 1, agreeing with a lower court just days before the rule was set to go into effect. The ruling dealt a blow to the American Hospital Association, which had asked the courts to put the rule on ice. The hospital lobby group is urging the incoming Biden administration not to...