Michael Strazzella, Practice Group Leader in Buchanan's Federal Government Relations group and co-leader of the firm's Healthcare industry group, comments on legal activity challenging the new CMS requirement that hospitals disclose secret negotiated rates with payers in "Waiting for Outcomes of Legal Challenges Unwise," published in Hospital Access Management.
"Medical facilities should proceed as though the rule will go forward as planned," says Michael Strazzella, JD, administrative head in the Washington, DC, office and head of the federal government relations practice group at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney. "They can't wait based on te hopes that it will come out positively in the courts," he offers.