Cap on hospital rates carries bigger savings reward than price transparency, study finds
(By Alia Paavola for Becker’s Hospital Review) Setting hospital prices for commercial payers could achieve greater savings than other strategies like
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Providers favor consumer-friendly files when complying with CMS’ price transparency rule
(By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review) Sixty percent of healthcare providers that have complied with CMS’ price transparency rule, which went
Read moreThe Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
In late December, after several days of closed-door negotiations, congress passed a legislative package containing a mixture of Medicare policy
Read moreHospital Prices Just Got a Lot More Transparent. What Does This Mean for You?
(By Julie Appleby for Kaiser Health News) Hospitals face the new year with new requirements to post price information they
Read moreNo Surprises Act signed into law; insurers lose yearslong lobbying battle
(By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review) A measure to end surprise medical bills for emergency and scheduled care was
Read moreShould the US blame high healthcare spending on fee-for-service? Maybe not, researchers say
(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) In the U.S., fee-for-service medicine has long been cited as creating incentives for overuse of
Read moreSurprise Federal Drug Rule Directs Insurers to Reveal What They Pay for Prescription Drugs
(By Harris Meyer for Kaiser Health News) Health insurance companies will have to give their customers estimated out-of-pocket costs for
Read moreTransparency in Coverage Final Rule Fact Sheet (CMS-9915-F)
(Source – www.cms.gov/newsroom) The Transparency in Coverage final rule released today by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
Read moreHit With An Unexpectedly High Medical Bill, Here’s How A Savvy Patient Fought Back
(By Anna Almedrala for NPR) When Tiffany Qiu heard how much her surgery was going to cost her, she was
Read moreWalmart partners with PBM startup to increase prescription drug cost savings
(By Katie Adams for Becker’s Hospital Review) Walmart joined forces July 7 with emerging pharmacy benefit manager Capital Rx to adopt
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