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HCCI Provides Comments for CMS’s Proposed Transparency in Coverage Rule
Read more: HCCI Provides Comments for CMS’s Proposed Transparency in Coverage RuleOn November 27, 2019 CMS proposed a rule (CMS-9915-P) requiring group health plans and health insurance issuers in the individual and group markets to disclose cost-sharing information to enrollees, including an estimates of an enrollee’s cost-sharing liability for covered items or services furnished by a particular provider. As also noted in our comments on rule CMS-1717-P, HCCI recommends that…
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Health Affairs: Stop Blaming The Victim: The Case For Systemic Health System Transparency
Read more: Health Affairs: Stop Blaming The Victim: The Case For Systemic Health System TransparencyIn HCCI’s publication in Health Affairs Blog, we examine the case for systemic health system transparency and directing changes towards key stakeholders. From the article: “Health care costs strain the budgets of families, businesses, and governments, leaving less room for other spending and forcing painful tradeoffs. In 2017, the United States spent $3.5 trillion on health…
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HCCI Provides Comments for CMS’s Proposed Outpatient Prospective Payment System Rule
Read more: HCCI Provides Comments for CMS’s Proposed Outpatient Prospective Payment System RuleOn August 9, 2019, CMS released a rule for calendar year 2020 revisions to the Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system (CMS-1717-P).Our comments specifically refer to Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 180 on Price Transparency of Hospital Standard Charges. Feedback will be used to guide discussions on improving price transparency in…
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HCCI Responds to Chairman Alexander’s Request for Recommendations to Address Rising Health Care Costs
Read more: HCCI Responds to Chairman Alexander’s Request for Recommendations to Address Rising Health Care CostsHCCI was recently requested to respond to a request from Senate HELP Committee Chairman, Senator Lamar Alexander, for recommendations to address America’s rising health care costs. HCCI recommends establishing a comprehensive multi-payer source of health claims data which could then be used to evaluate the performance of the health care system and future policy proposals.