Transparency

CMS Proposes Higher Price Transparency Penalties for Hospitals

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes to increase the penalty for some hospitals that don’t comply with the Hospital Price Transparency Final Rule. There is a wide variatio...

Webinar Replay: Surprise Billing

The regulatory agencies have released Part 1 of the Surprise Billing Rules that go into effect Jan. 1, 2022. In this webinar our partners at BenefitComply discuss how these rules may impact employer s...

HHS Issues Rule on Surprise Medical Bills

The Biden Administration issued an interim final rule to restrict out-of-pocket costs from surprise billing and balance billing. The regulations will take effect for health care providers and faci...

Anthem Blue Cross - Recent regulations focus on price and quality transparency

We believe part of making healthcare simpler means empowering members’ decisions with information that balances the cost and quality of services. Anthem Blue Cross will expand the amount of informatio...

Anthem Blue Cross - Recent regulations focus on price and quality transparency

We believe part of making healthcare simpler means empowering members’ decisions with information that balances the cost and quality of services. Anthem Blue Cross will expand the amount of informatio...

How Patients and Providers Can Benefit from the New Price Transparency Rule

How Patients and Providers Can Benefit from the New Price Transparency Rule On October 29, 2020, CMS, along with the Departments of Labor and Treasury, issued a final rule that will require m...

Final Rule Boosts Price Transparency & Addresses the MLR

Final Rule Boosts Price Transparency & Addresses the MLR The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury issued a final rule that requires almost all health insurance comp...