Unfiltered Stories | A practical approach to addressing healthcare price transparency

In this HFS Videocast, Rohan Kulkarni, Practice Leader, Healthcare and Life Sciences at HFS speaks with Ramesh Kumar, CEO at Zakipoint Health about how health plans and TPAs are addressing compliance with CMS’s price transparency rules and the potential impact on consumers over time. Beginning in July 2022, three phases of US health plan price transparency regulations will become effective, extending existing rules for hospitals that were implemented on January 1, 2021. The intent of price transparency rules is to make consumers aware of the cost of the covered item(s) or service(s) before receiving care, so they are empowered to shop for the healthcare that best meets their needs. This videocast has 3 parts: How are TPAs and health plans using price transparency data to serve the self-insured employer? The impact of price transparency on consumers. New models of self-insured employers are exploring their employee health and care needs.