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Caption Rural hospitals such as Miller County Hospital in Colquitt are complying with a new federal rule to publish a website file showing the payment rates it had negotiated with insurers and allowing patients to “shop’’ medical services. Credit: Georgia Health News
Jan. 1 marked the launch of a federal rule on medical prices that the hospital industry fought hard to stop.
For the first time, each hospital was required to publish a website file showing the payment rates it had negotiated with insurers, and another post that would let consumers search for hundreds of “shoppable’’ medical services. The Trump administration rule drew a lawsuit from the American Hospital Association, a suit that was rejected by a federal appeals court.