Stacey Pogue
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Stacey Pogue
@staceypogue.bsky.social
Health policy wonk at the Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) at Georgetown University. Social media-reluctant. Based in Texas.
4) CMS released a Request for Information to identify challenges with hospital price transparency and improve compliance and enforcement processes. Responses are due July 21, 2025. 5/5 www.cms.gov/priorities/k...
CMS Hospital Price Transparency Accuracy and Completeness Request for Information | CMS
Summary: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeks public input to identify challenges and improve compliance and enforcement processes related to the transparent reporting of complete,...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
3) CMS updated its guidance to hospitals to reinforce the requirement that they list a dollar amount for the negotiated rate or estimated allowed amount on machine-readable files, including when a rate is based on a percentage or algorithm. 4/5 www.cms.gov/files/docume...
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May 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
2) The tri-agencies will update their technical requirements for TiC data to reduce file sizes and data redundancy and to provide additional context. They aim to finalize “schema version 2.0” in October and require its use in February. Background on TiC data issues at chirblog.org/consideratio...
Considerations for federal agencies tasked with improving health plan price transparency data
While the health plan price transparency data available under current guidance and enforcement have proven challenging to access and use, a renewed focus under the Trump administration aims to improve...
chirblog.org
May 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
1) The tri-agencies released a Request for Information to get input on implementing the prescription drug machine-readable file requirement under the Transparency in Coverage (health plan price transparency) rules. Comments will be due 30 days after the RFI is posted in the Federal Register. 2/5
May 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM