Medscape March 15, 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is trying to change the way patients choose their healthcare by encouraging consumers to use online tools to compare the costs of medical services, rather than rely on the current murky state of public information about healthcare costs.
Although the impact of the initiative is at this point unknown, even an initial spike in the amount of information available to consumers about healthcare costs could result in some extra work for primary care physicians, said Daniel Perlman, a consulting actuary with Milliman, who last year published a report on CMS’ Transparency in Coverage rule.
Patients who need spinal surgery, for example, might ask for help in understanding what other services, such as...
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