Action Alert
Congress is back in Washington, D.C., for its “lame-duck” session, in which lawmakers will take up pressing, end-of-year business. Funding for the federal…
Avoiding Surprises in Your Medical Bills
A Guide for Consumers
This guide will help you understand the questions you should ask to avoid receiving an unexpected medical bill. Many of the suggestions in the guide are designed for situations when you can schedule care in advance. The guide will also help you understand what you can do to lessen the chances of an unexpected balance bill in an emergency.
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Fact Sheets
Hospitals and health systems are deeply concerned about the effect of unanticipated medical bills on our patients, which could impact their out- of-pocket…
Advisory
Issue
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) hospital price transparency final rule, issued Nov. 14, 2019, will require hospitals to…
Special Bulletin
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor today released a final rule imposing new transparency requirements on non-grandfathered…
Case Studies
UCHealth – Aurora, Colo. Innovative
Tools Help Consumers Estimate Out-of-pocket Expenses
UCHealth is an innovator in providing individualized outof- pocket…
Case Studies
n 2017, Memorial Healthcare System (MHS) launched an online tool for prospective patients to determine their out-ofpocket costs in advance of scheduling a…