WEBINAR: CMS's New Price Transparency Rule for Hospitals
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
CMS recently released a final rule mandating that hospitals post their standards charges online, including gross charges, negotiated rates, cash discounts and de-identified maximum and minimum negotiated rates. This webinar will unpack hospitals’ obligations for posting standard charges in a machine-readable format and for posting 300 "shoppable services" in a consumer-friendly format. It will also provide an update on the lawsuits filed against the US Department of Health and Human Services
to block the final rule from going into effect in Jan. 2021.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Demonstrate compliance requirements for CMS’s price transparency rules.
- Describe and identify standard charges under the final price transparency rule.
- Define elements of posting 300 shoppable services in a consumer-friendly format.
- Examine potential litigation filled by industry stakeholders to block implementation of the final rule.
INTENDED AUDIENCE
C-suite, compliance officers and health care leadership.
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Zach Buxton is an
attorney with Baird Holm who concentrates his practice on health care law.
He represents hospitals, health care facilities, physician practices and other
health care providers in regulatory, transactional and reimbursement matters.
He has assisted clients in a range of health care issues, including compliance
with fraud and abuse laws, physician contracting and compliance program assessments,
and has also helped clients navigate nondiscrimination rules of the Affordable
Care Act and additional requirements for charitable hospitals under section
501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code. Buxton earned a juris doctor
degree from Saint Louis University School of Law with a certificate in health
law and also earned a master degree in health administration, with distinction,
from Saint Louis University College for Public Health and Social Justice