The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), in conjunction with the Departments of Treasury and Labor, published a proposed rule on December 23, 2025 to update the price transparency ...

Americans face rising prescription costs despite federal transparency rules for hospitals and insurers, with surveys showing overwhelming bipartisan support for drug price reform. Independent ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has finalized 2026 rules requiring hospitals to publish actual median, 10th, and 90th percentile allowed amounts for services, replacing estimates. The ...

CMS ramped up enforcement of hospital price transparency rules in 2025, issuing fines to 10 hospitals after imposing three in 2024. Here are seven things to know about hospital price transparency ...

With the primary goal of improving consumer decision making, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued rules requiring both hospitals and insurers to make their negotiated prices ...

Bipartisan regulation now compels hospitals and group/individual plans to post contracted rates, backed by litigation wins that validated federal authority. December’s proposed plan-focused rule would ...

Those with a vested interest in the status quo, are resisting transparency regulations. After all, maintaining opaque pricing in healthcare has been profitable to them.

Several conservative groups are backing a proposed new health care price transparency rule, updating what President Donald Trump established during his first term. In the State of the Union address ...