Monitor Mondays

Contentious and confusing, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Hospital Price Transparency Rule will become effective Jan. 1, 2021.On the surface, the requirements are straightforward: hospitals and health systems must make accessible all negotiated managed care rates in a machine-readable format, along with a list of 300 “shoppable” items –non-urgent, high-volume items and services – on their website or via an interactive tool for consumers. But below the surface lurks confusion. That is why we asked Frederick Stodolak, the president of Panacea Healthcare and a subject matter expert on hospital pricing, to be our special guest during this edition of Monitor Mondays.Other segments featured on the podcast:Legislative Update: Former CMS official Matthew Albright, now chief legislative affairs officer for Zelis, will join the broadcast as a permanent guest and reports on current healthcare legislation: either proposed, pending, or passed, and its anticipated consequences.RAC Report: Healthcare