Hospitals fight price transparency legislation

Hospitals in Wyoming are resisting a piece of potential legislation that would move them closer to price transparency, reported the Wyoming Tribune Eagle.

Lawmakers sitting on a joint committee that examines labor and health services discussed the bill earlier this month. The proposed legislation would require hospitals to disclose their prices and outcome data for common procedures, according to the newspaper. However, only a dozen states have any form of hospital price transparency. --Read the full article on FierceHealthFinance