Knowledge Center
Transparency Summit
June 17, 2021
Health Care Price Transparency and the No Surprises Act Summit: Critical Information for Today AND Tomorrow
Schedule with Presentations - All times listed are Eastern Time (ET)
10:00 - Welcome
10:15 - 11:30 Hospital Price Transparency: Requirements to Make standard charges public (shoppable services, machine-readable format). Impact on patients and lessons learned.
- Terry Cunningham, Director, Administrative Simplification Policy, American Hospital Association
- Cynthia Fisher, Founder and Chairman, PatientRightsAdvocate.org
- Stanley Nachimson, Principal, Nachimson Advisors
11:30 - 12:30 Health Plan Transparency in Coverage: Requirements to disclose price/cost sharing information to participants, beneficiaries, and enrollees (shoppable services, formats). Impact on patients
- Anne Phelps, Principal, US Health Care Regulatory Leader, Deloitte & Touche, LLP
- Steven Schultz, Director, State Legislative Affairs, Arthritis Foundation
- Eileen Lee, Vice President, Product Management, Zelis Payments
1:00 - 2:30 No Surprises Act Requirement: Advanced Explanation of Benefits (statutory provisions, impacted stakeholders, data transmission and workflow issues). Impact on stakeholders.
- Terry Cunningham, Director, Administrative Simplification Policy, American Hospital Association
- Andrew Scholnick, Senior Legislative Representative, AARP
- Beth Davis, Senior Manager, AllScripts
- Heather McComas, Director, Administrative Simplification Initiatives, American Medical Association
- Erin Weber, CORE Director, CAQH
- Kelley Schultz, Executive Director, Commercial Policy, AHIP
- Vanessa Candelora, HL7 FHIR Da Vinci Project PMO
2:30 - 3:30 No Surprises Act Requirements: ID cards, price transparency web tool, contracts between plans and providers, provider directories, and impact on stakeholders.
- Stanley Nachimson, Principal, Nachimson Advisors
- Anna Hyde, Vice President of Advocacy and Access, Arthritis Foundation
- Mark Pratt, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs, CAQH
- Alison Armstrong, Director, Public Policy, Anthem
3:30 - 4:25 Summary: Industry Perspectives, Top Challenges, Timelines, Recommendations for Next Steps
- Matthew Albright, Chief Legislative Affairs Officer, Zelis Payments
- Stanley Nachimson, Principal, Nachimson Advisors
- Viet Nguyen, Technical Director, HL7 Da Vinci Project
- Robert Tennant, Vice President, Federal Affairs, WEDI
4:25 - 4:30 Closing Remarks