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EOP: Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients With Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information
Federal Register
Feb 28, 2025 - Executive Order from the Office of the President directing the Secretaries of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services to take all necessary and appropriate action to implement and enforce the healthcare price transparency regulations related to Executive Order 13877 within 90 days. Among other things, this Executive Order directs the Secretaries to take actions to require the disclosure of the actual prices of items and services, not estimates; update guidance or proposed regulatory actions to ensure pricing information is standardized and easily comparable across hospitals and health plans; and issue guidance or proposed regulatory actions updating enforcement policies to ensure compliance with the transparent reporting of complete, accurate, and meaningful data.
Source: Federal Register
Feb 25, 2025 -
Announces new funding from the Indian Health Service to 8 tribes and tribal organizations to build, expand, or renovate small ambulatory healthcare facilities.
Source: Indian Health Service
CMS: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Application From The Joint Commission for Continued CMS-Approval of Its Hospital Accreditation Program
Federal Register
Feb 11, 2025 - Announcement from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) of receipt of an application for continued recognition of The Joint Commission as a national accrediting organization for hospitals that wish to participate in the Medicare or Medicaid programs. Comments are due by March 13, 2025.
Source: Federal Register