People Processes

Eliminating surprise medical bills, improving transparency in prices, as well as revealing how prices are negotiated were the focus, but details about how information must be provided was left to the regulations, in an Executive Order signed by President Trump on June 24, 2019. Policy statement. The Executive Order states that the federal government aims to: eliminate unnecessary barriers to price and quality transparency; increase the availability of meaningful price and quality information for patients; enhance patients’ control over their own health care resources, including through tax-preferred medical accounts; and protect patients from surprise medical bills. Hospital regulation coming. Under the Executive Order, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) must propose a regulation to require hospitals to publicly post standard charge information. The information must include charges based on negotiated rates and information on common or shoppable items and services. The text m