HealthcareStatewide NewsTexas Hospital Price Transparency Rule Posted by State Agency, Violators Face Steep Fines
Brad JohnsonMarch 6, 2023
Hospitals could be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of a month in violation.
Hospitals could be fined hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of a month in violation.
The state and the federal government now both have requirements that hospitals disclose their actual prices for patients.
The analysis found the vast majority of hospitals across America were some degree of non-compliant with the new regulation.
According to Speaker Phelan, the slate of bills is the first wave of this session's health care-related priority legislation.
Starting January 1, 2021, hospitals will be required to list their actual, rather than estimated, healthcare prices.