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CMS finalizes price transparency policy for hospitals beginning January 2021

Kyle Sherseth CHFP, Vice President of Advisory Services and price transparency expert, weighs in on what this policy means and how it is different from the proposed...

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New price transparency rules landing tomorrow

New rules to compel industry price transparency will be unveiled on...

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Hospital price transparency rule could come before year's end, White House adviser says

CMS could release a rule by the end of 2019 on a proposal that hospitals disclose payer-specific negotiated rates, a White House adviser...

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Is the Hospital Price Transparency Rule Delay A Good Sign?

CMS did not move forward with extending hospital price transparency requirements, which could mean the agency is crafting a better policy, industry experts...

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Trump Administration Delays Rule Forcing Hospital-Cost Transparency

The Trump administration is delaying a rule that would require hospitals to share secret, negotiated rates because officials said they are working to expand the plan to include...

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Making price transparency easy for patients

Rebecca Marsh, VP, Business Health Solutions and Kyle Sherseth, Sr Mgr, Business Health Solutions at nThrive, discuss why it is important for hospitals to develop chargemaster structures that reflect industry standards and establish defensible...

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CMS wants to force hospitals to reveal negotiated rates. Can it do that?

The Trump administration believes it has the authority to compel hospitals to reveal secret pricing information tucked into their contracts with insurance plans, but the case isn't entirely...

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CMS Proposes Updates for OPPS, Pitches Price Transparency Rules

The agency dropped proposals for three key payment programs aimed at cutting administrative burden and boosting price...

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Be Proactive: Prepare Today for Upcoming Price Transparency Mandates

While the recent executive order on health care price transparency, signed by President Trump on June 24, did not result in immediate changes for health care providers, it certainly should serve as a wake-up call. The administration made its...

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How Can Providers Support Meaningful Price Transparency to Address Consumerism in Healthcare?

The word “consumerism” and its derivatives have been tossed around the broader healthcare industry for the greater part of a decade. How we define consumerism and look at consumer behavior in relation to our institutions, systems, and...

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White House to Issue Healthcare Price Transparency Next Week

The Trump Administration will issue an executive order on healthcare price transparency on...

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3 hospital revenue cycle leaders predict how price transparency will affect healthcare

Three hospital revenue cycle leaders share their thoughts on the effect price transparency will have in the...

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Healthcare Price Transparency in NH Reduced Out-of-Pocket Costs

Out-of-pocket costs fell by 11 percent after New Hampshire launched a healthcare price transparency website, a new study...

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How Practices Can Benefit from Healthcare Price Transparency

Spokane Digestive Disease Center provides patients with pricing and quality data to prepare patients for bills and help the practice compete with their larger...

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Are you prepared for increased regulatory scrutiny? See our price transparency checklist

Why wait to see what CMS will require next on price transparency when there’s so much you can do to stay ahead of future rulings while better serving information hungry patients!  Download our checklist here to assess your readiness...

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