(2) Benefits to Other Interested Parties As discussed in the CY 2020 HPT final rule (84 FR 65538) and the CY 2026 OPPS/ASC proposed rule (90 FR 33856), we believe public access to hospital standard charge information can be useful to the public, including patients who need to obtain services from a hospital, consumers of healthcare who wish to view hospital standard charge information prior to selecting a hospital, employers and State governments searching for lower cost options for health care coverage, and other users of the MRF who may develop consumer-friendly price transparency tools or perform price analyses to uncover disparities or drive value-based policy development
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