U.S. Congress - H.R.4803 To ensure health care consumer and provider access to certain health benefits plan info...
H.R.4803 - To ensure health care consumer and provider access to certain health benefits plan information and to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide transparency in hospital price and quality information.
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- Official: To ensure health care consumer and provider access to certain health benefits plan information and to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide transparency in hospital price and quality information. as introduced.
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3/10/2010--Introduced.Patients' Right to Know Act - Requires each entity offering a health benefits plan to make available to enrollees and potential enrollees specified information, including covered items and services, a list of limitations and restrictions, the claims appeal procesOfficial Summary
3/10/2010--Introduced.Patients' Right to Know Act - Requires each entity offering a health benefits plan to make available to enrollees and potential enrollees specified information, including covered items and services, a list of limitations and restrictions, the claims appeal process, out-of-pocket cost-sharing, among other things. Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require the state Medicaid plan to provide that the state will establish and maintain laws to require disclosure to the public and the Secretary of information on hospital and ambulatory surgical center prices and quality....Read the Rest
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...“Transparency In All Health Care Pricing Act of 2010″; H.R.2249, the “Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act Of 2009″; and H.R.4803, the “Patient’s Right To Know Act.” -The House Administration Committee full committee hearing on H.R
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Sponsored By: Representative Joe Barton, TX(District 6), Republican 0 Voted Yes 0 Voted No This vote is Losing Vote now Learn More Comments 3/10/2010--Introduced. Patients' Right to Know Act - Requires each entity offering a health ...
Free Market Transparency on the Horizon?
sponsored HR 4803 which is a little more vague, but which still requires that all hospitals in each state report “the charges for inpatient and outpatient services typically performed by such hospital.” This bill has 11 co-sponsors. ...
UMN OSR » 5/26/10 Legislative Affairs Update
Specifically, the hearing focused on H.R. 4700, the Transparency in All Health Care Pricing Act of 2010; H.R. 2249, the Health Care Price Transparency Promotion Act of 2009; and H.R. 4803, the Patients' Right to Know Act. During the ...
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