Government, Hospitals Battle Over Price Disclosure Rule In Federal Appeals Court

Mealey's (November 16, 2020, 1:42 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Oct. 15 heard oral arguments in a case questioning whether a hospital price disclosure rule effective January 2021 merely requires advertising of various existing price tiers or imposes impossible hurdles that would have the “perverse” outcome of mandating that hospitals list prices no patient actually pays (The American Hospital Association, et al. v. Alex M. Azar II, et al., No. 20-5193, D.C. Cir.)....