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Senate committee adopts amendment allowing hospitals to use online price estimator in lieu of posted lists
Summary
The Senate Committee on Rules approved an A4 amendment to Senate Bill 1060 that lets hospitals meet transparency requirements by offering an online price-estimator tool approved by CMS or providing estimates for specific shoppable services; committee then sent the bill to the floor with a due-pass recommendation.
The Senate Committee on Rules adopted the A4 amendment to Senate Bill 1060 and moved the bill to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation.
Senate Bill 1060 requires hospitals to make public standard charges for medical services, including gross charges, payer-specific negotiated rates and discounted cash prices, and to post pricing for at least 300 shoppable services in a machine-readable format accessible online without an account. The A4 amendment adds an option allowing hospitals to satisfy the requirement by providing an online price-estimator tool that is easy to find on the hospital website and free to use; the tool must either be…
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