Caroline Pearson testified before the United States Senate Committee on Finance on the importance of improved healthcare data transparency.
Her testimony summarized key findings from the Center’s work and other research on how transparency can shape healthcare markets. It also puts forth a range of policy options that Congress and the Executive Branch should consider to further advance discrete elements of healthcare data transparency, with an emphasis on how to improve the depth, breadth and usability of pricing data.
United States Senate Committee on Finance
Peterson Center on Healthcare Calls on Regulators to Enforce Health Plan Price Transparency Standards
The Center’s Executive Director spoke with BenefitsPRO about the Center’s comment letter to federal regulators offering recommendations to strengthen the TiC rule.
Technical Improvements Could Strengthen Transparency in Coverage Data
White paper from Center grantee Simple Healthcare provides recommendations for improving TiC data that commercial health plans are required to release.
Center Responds to HHS, Treasury, and Labor Proposed Rule on Transparency in Coverage Data Reporting
The Center offers recommendations to improve TiC data quality and reliability, expand file utility for employers, and strengthen compliance and enforcement.