Category Archives: transparency
Hospital Groups File Lawsuit Over Illegal Rule Mandating Public Disclosure of Individually Negotiated Rates
December 04, 2019 | FAH Policy Blog Team
Category: FAH News, Insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, Statement, Transparency
Today, four national organizations representing hospitals and health systems sued the federal government, challenging last month’s contract disclosure rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
Final Hospital Price Transparency Rule Will Result in "Patient Overload of Useless Information"
November 15, 2019 | FAH Policy Blog Team
Category: Statement, Transparency
“This final regulation on hospital transparency fails to meet the definition of price transparency useful for patients. Instead, it will only result in patient overload of useless
information while distorting the competitive market for purchasing hospital care.”
Joint Statement from National Hospital and Health System Groups on Public Disclosure of Privately Negotiated Rates Final Rule
November 15, 2019 | FAH Policy Blog Team
Category: Statement, Transparency
This rule will introduce widespread confusion, accelerate anticompetitive behavior among health insurers, and stymie innovations in value-based care delivery.
FAH: Proposed OPPS Rule “Misses Mark” on Transparency; Patients Need “Actionable” Info
September 27, 2019 | FAH Policy Blog Team
Category: Statement, Transparency
The CMS proposed regulation on negotiated price transparency wholly misses the markon providing financial information Americans can actually use.
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