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Senate approves hospital transparency bill after amendment shifting reporting to Health Care Authority
Summary
Lawmakers approved a hospital transparency measure requiring hospitals to publish price and compensation information and report to the West Virginia Health Care Authority; an amendment removed an auditing requirement and shifted reporting from the Insurance Commissioner to the Health Care Authority.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate approved legislation on March 29 that requires hospitals to publish additional price and financial information and to report specified data to the West Virginia Health Care Authority.
Senators adopted a strike‑and‑insert amendment on third reading that moved reporting responsibilities from the Insurance Commissioner to the Health Care Authority, removed a mandate for audited financial statements and instead required that components of required…
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