FHC co-hosts Webinar on No Surprises Act for APCDs

On Monday, January 11, John Freedman, President and CEO, described the implications of the Omnibus Reconciliation Bill’s provisions for APCDs for a webinar audience of over 250 health experts representing 47 states.  Topics included the timeline for key provisions, emerging opportunities for APCDs, composition of Labor’s Advisory Committee regarding a format that states may use for self-insured data collection and areas that will be clarified in the coming months.  Dr. Freedman noted that the $125M federal appropriation represents an unprecedented show of federal support for state-initiated health data initiatives and encouraged states to closely follow HHS grant announcements that will emerge later this year.

In addition, the new law sets a possible path toward overcoming the Supreme Court’s Gobeille decision, which currently prevents state APCDs from compelling the collection of claims data from self-insured employer health plans.

The slide deck for this presentation is available here.

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