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# Implementing Price Transparency Tools at Ambulatory Care Centers | MD Magazine

Sutter Health examines new CMS price transparency rules requiring hospitals to post standard charges, and what changes could mean for ambulatory care patients.

February 17, 2020 by Sutter Health

Albert Chan, MD, MS

In November, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized rules requiring hospitals to make their standard charges available online upon request. The implementation of the rule is still a year away—and possibly longer as hospital groups have filed lawsuits against the administration to block parts of the rules. However, healthcare organizations across the country are understandably watching closely to see what the potential impacts will be on them and their patients.

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