Though lobbyists say it’s a huge undertaking,

ONC Considers Adding Pricing Info To Electronic Health Information

By Michelle M. Stein / February 25, 2019 at 5:53 PM
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is considering a regulatory move to give the public, plans and health providers data about health care prices via electronic health information, and in a proposed rule released earlier this month the office asks for feedback on technical, operational, legal, cultural, environmental and other challenges to increasing price transparency. Price information is becoming more important with the increase in high deductible health plans and surprise billing, which have increased out-of-pocket health...

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