Hospitals posting prices online is the first step in creating comparison shopping and competition

The CMS Administrator Seema Verma says hospitals posting prices on line is only a first step in creating comparison shopping and competition tool to be used by consumers and physicians. The rule mandates hospitals post their prices online in a machine, reading format so that consumers can import the information into other documents. Read article here…

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