Yesterday, HHS issued an interim final rule to make it easier for health care providers to accept electronic payments. Under the rule, health plans would need to provide standardized, online enrollment for electronic transactions. The rule, along with standards adopted earlier this year, could generate as much as $9 billion in savings over a decade. The Hill‘s “Healthwatch” et al.
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