Health Insurers Can't Block Pricing Data from Web Searches, Regulators Say

Federal regulators said healthcare pricing data that health insurers must post under a new requirement shouldn’t be blocked from web searches, issuing new guidance after The Wall Street Journal reported that hospitals used special coding that shielded such information from Google and other search engines. Under new federal requirements, both hospitals and insurers must reveal long-confidential pricing data, including the rates that insurers pay for services.