What is the Hospital Price Transparency rule?
Healthcare costs some of the most significant expenses in our lives have historically been unknown and unavailable to consumers until the bill arrived. With the Hospital Price Transparency Rule, instituted on January 1, 2021, you ll be able to see more costs ahead of time.
There are two phases to the rule. Phase one requires hospitals to publish their prices online. According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospitals must post standard charges for at least 300 shoppable services that can be planned in advance, such as x-rays, outpatient visits, imaging and laboratory tests or bundled services such as a colonoscopy. Hospitals will be charged a penalty of $300 a day for noncompliance.
7 signs you re rich, even if it doesn t feel like it lkane@businessinsider.com (Libby Kane) Rich doesn t necessarily mean owning a huge mansion or taking luxury vacations.
You re wealthy if you can afford to save money every month and are on track to retire when you want to.
Another sign you re wealthy is being able to make choices based on what you want, not just your financial needs. Rich is relative.
Maybe you think it means being in the top 1% of earners in some of the wealthiest cities in the US. Maybe it means being able to buy a flashy mansion or spend your life flitting from luxury vacation to luxury vacation.