Implementing the No Surprises Act: Updated Complaint Data From 2022 to 2025
In June, CMS released an updated report with complaint data from the NSA's implementation. In this b...
Transparency
Opaque health care pricing and a lack of information about corporate ownership and control of health care organizations hinders efforts to assess the drivers of rising health system costs and other challenges with the U.S. health system. Our team of nationally recognized experts investigates policy solutions to improve the transparency in our health care system, to help lower costs and achieve a high-quality healthcare system that works for consumers and patients.
What We Do
Our experts at CHIR conduct research to assess the impact of federal and state policies to reduce costs and foster healthcare competition on consumers, patients, providers, and payers. We provide unbiased, relevant, and timely information, analysis, and technical assistance to policymakers, regulators, and stakeholders seeking a marketplace where consumers have access to affordable and high quality healthcare coverage.
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- Unique National Provider Identifiers and a Push for Transparency
- Taking Stock Of Proposed Updates To Health Plan Price Transparency Rules
- Federal Budget Cuts Won’t Hit All Hospitals Equally: How States Can Better Analyze Hospital And Health System Financial Data
- Unpacking The Price Transparency Provisions Of The Patients Deserve Price Tags Act
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What's New
Blog Posts
Legislative Roundup: States Take Action to Promote Competition & Regulate Health Care Prices
States are increasingly taking action to contain rising health care costs. In this blog, CHIR expert...
Implications of Vertical Integration for Patients, Providers, and Employers: Themes from a CHIR Briefing
On May 19, Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR) hosted an event discu...
Leveraging Data to Control Health Care Costs
To combat rising costs without burdening employees, state health plans are leveraging their unique m...
Events
How Hospital Finances Shape Care and Costs in Your Community
On Thursday, January 29, 2026, Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reform...
Transparency in Health Care: Exploring the Impact on Employers, Consumers, and States
On November 20, 2024, the Georgetown Center on Health Insurance Reforms hosted a policy briefing to ...
News
Publications
No Good Options: In the Wake of Marketplace Affordability Woes, Consumers Face Onslaught of Misleading Marketing of Limited Benefits Product
Georgetown’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms (CHIR), with funding from Blood Cancer United, released findings from a secret shopper study finding aggressive and misleading marketing of limited benefit health insurance products.
Leveraging Data to Control Costs: How Five State Employee Health Plans Use Claims and Price Transparency Data to Improve Affordability
A new report from the Center on Health Insurance Reforms, supported by Arnold Ventures, examines how state employee health plans (SEHPs) in five states—California, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Utah—access and utilize claims and price transparency data to improve affordability for their employees.
Consumers Still Face Surprise Bills for Ground Ambulances — States Are Trying to Protect Them
While the No Surprises Act does not protect consumers from ground ambulance surprise bills, this blog post highlights the five states that have recently acted in 2025 to protect consumers with state-regulated plans and explores the various state approaches to payment methodologies, service scopes, enforcement, and consumer protections.
Charting a Path Forward for Health Care Affordability – Policy Solutions from a Diverse Group of Experts
This brief explores policy opportunities such as price regulation, competition, transparency, and enforcement reforms to improve health care affordability.