"I think employers would be
very interested to start to see more prices that are actual negotiated rates
because then they would ostensibly have more leverage in negotiations — and as
they set up networks that they're paying for…it would be easier to seek out the
lower cost care areas."
— Ben Isgur, leader of PwC's Health Research Institute, talked
with us about the potential impact of CMS's latest proposed rule, which would
require hospitals to publicly disclose payer-specific negotiated rates for all
"items and services" they offer.
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