Subcommittee Considers How to Bolster Hospital Price Transparency and Increase Provider Competition; Discusses PBMs, Site-Neutral Payments, and 340B

Subcommittee Considers How to Bolster Hospital Price Transparency and Increase Provider Competition; Discusses PBMs, Site-Neutral Payments, and 340B

The House Energy & Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee held a hearing on ways to promote transparency and competition in health care. Members presented a largely bipartisan front, focusing on asking witnesses ways to improve the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule and the Transparency in Coverage Final Rule and how to address provider consolidation. All witnesses agreed that the hospital price… (McClurg, March 29, 2023) #340B, #Costs, #Hospitals, #Pharmacy Benefit Managers