Trump Executive Order Calls For Rules On Hospital Price Reporting

The president signed an executive order Monday (June 24) aimed at informing patients of prices and out-of-pocket costs for health care services – particularly hospital services. The order also calls for harmonizing quality measures across health sectors and a report on how to tackle surprise billing. The president said the executive order is “a truly big action, people have no idea how big it is” and “[s]ome people say bigger than health care itself.” But hospitals and health insurers immediately...