White Papers
Comment Letters
- October 2016: HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2018
- September 2016: CMS Proposed Rule on Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for CY 2017
- March 2016: CMS Proposed Rule on Expanded Data Sharing for Qualified Entities
- March 2016: CMS Draft Quality Measure Development Plan
- February 2016: HHS Data Sharing Policy: Consumers Need More and Better Public Health Data
- February 2016: House Energy and Commerce Committee's Request for Information on Site Neutral Payments
- January 2016: Senate Finance Committee Chronic Care Working Group's Policy Options Paper
- January 2016: HHS Draft 2017 Letter to Issuers in the Federally-facilitated Marketplaces
- December 2015: HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2017
- November 2015: CMS Request for Information Regarding Implementation of the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS)
- June 2015: Senate Finance Committee Chronic Care Working Group Initiative
- June 2015: CMS Proposed Out-of-Pocket Cost Comparison Tool for the Federally-facilitated Marketplaces
- May 2015: CMS Information Collection for Machine Readable Data for Provider Network and Prescription Formulary Content for FFM QHPs
- March 2015: Senate Finance, House Ways & Means, and House Energy & Commerce Committees Letter of Support on the Qualified Entity (QE) Language Included in SGR Reform Legislation
- February 2015: House Energy & Commerce Committee on 21st Century Cures Draft Legislation
- February 2015: CMS Final Rule vs. CMS Proposed Rule: Summary of Comments Made by Clear Choices and Corresponding Final Decisions by HHS
- December 2014: HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2016
- August 2014: Senators Wyden and Grassley on Data Sharing
- June 2013: Statement of Joel White, President of the Council for Affordable Health Coverage and Clear Choices, to the Committee on Finance Hearing on Health Care Price Transparency
Endorsement Letters
- February 2016: Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act (H.R. 1453) Endorsement Letter
- August 2015: Senate Finance Committee Letter of Support for Medicare Site-of-Service Price Transparency
- May 2015: House Energy & Commerce Committee Letter of Support for Medicare Site-of-Service Price Transparency
Analyses
- April 2015: Expanding Claims Data Availability to Improve Care in the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act
- April 2015: Summary of SGR Reform Law and Applicable Provisions for Health Care Transparency
Relevant Studies
- “How Much Will It Cost?” How Americans Use Prices in Health Care by Public Agenda & Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - March 2015
- Recommendations to Achieve a More Transparent Health Care System for Consumers by the Brookings Institution, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform - February 2015
- Price Transparency in Health Care: Report from the HFMA Price Transparency Task Force - 2014
- Report Card on State Price Transparency Laws prepared by Catalyst for Payment Reform and Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute- March 2014
- Exchange Consumer Experience Analysis by Avalere- April 2014
- Click here for a summary of the analysis - Report Card on State Price Transparency Laws prepared by Catalyst for Payment Reform and Health Care Incentives Improvement Institute- March 2013
- The Effects of Price Transparency Regulation on Prices in the Healthcare Industry prepared by the University of Chicago Business School- October 2013
- Comparison Chart of the House and Senate Qualified Entity Expansion in SGR Reform Legislation prepared by the Council for Affordable Health Coverage- 2013