ACHP spoke with HealthPayerIntelligence about CMS’s decision to cover over-the-counter at-home COVID-19 tests for Medicare beneficiaries.
Price and Data Transparency
Giving Consumers the Tools They Need to Make Decisions
Consumers deserve safe, secure access to the information they need to make informed decisions about their health. ACHP advocates for policies that empower consumers with easy access to their health information. This includes promoting the use of high quality, personalized digital pricing tools to simplify the health care shopping experience and ensuring access to health data is timely and secure.
To the Point
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07/01/2021
OP-ED — Support Federal Workforce Wellbeing: Improve the FEHB Shopping Experience
ACHP calls for an overhaul of the FEHB plan comparison tool in order to enhance the plan shopping experience for federal employees. -
06/17/2021
FACT SHEET — Harnessing FEHB to Rebuild and Reinvigorate the Federal Workforce
The federal government can leverage changes to the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) Program to attract and retain top talent. -
10/29/2020
RELEASE — ACHP Statement on the Release of the Transparency in Coverage Final Rule
ACHP is disappointed the final price transparency requires disclosure of negotiatied rates, potentially causing higher prices. -
02/11/2020
FACT SHEET — Certified Health Care Pricing Tools
Americans deserve access to useful, personalized health care price and quality information toRead more
Deep Dive
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10/19/2020
PODCAST — Leading by Example: Chronic Conditions and Affordability (Ep. 7)
Episode 7 of the Healthy Dialogue podcast explores indusry and policy reforms that can improve the management of chronic care. -
02/11/2020
ISSUE BRIEF — Price Transparency Certification
Navigating the U.S. health care system is unnecessarily complex and prohibitively expensive. AndRead more -
04/09/2020
LETTER — Request to CMS for Delay of Interoperability Rule Implementation
To allow health organizations to focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, ACHP urges CMS to delay the deadline for implementing new interoperability requirements.
Resource Library Search
BLOG — Rethinking the Medicaid Managed Care Entitlement
UPMC Health Plan explains how a home- and community-based approach is changing how the industry looks at Medicaid Managed Care entitlement.
EVENT — ACHP Addresses Mental Health Care Inequities at AcademyHealth
At AcademyHealth’s 2022 Conference, Ceci Connolly moderates a panel of ACHP health plans discussing how to address mental health inequities.