To advance policies that emphasize patient choice and control of their health care, key Council reports on this topic address high-value care, retail/store-based clinics, addiction treatment centers, genetic/genomic precision medicine, telemedicine, insurance coverage options, reference pricing, prescription drugs, and hospital care coordination.
2025
- Health Savings Account Reform (PDF) CMS Report 1-I-25.
2024
- Ensuring Privacy in Retail Health Care Settings (PDF) CMS Report 7-A-24. Read the issue brief for this report: Privacy in Retail Health Care Settings (PDF).
2021
- Reducing Inequities and Improving Access to Insurance for Maternal Health Care (PDF) CMS-CSAPH joint report N-21
2020
- Mitigating the Negative Effects of High-Deductible Health Plans (PDF) CMS Report 2-November 2020. Read the issue brief for this report: Mitigating Negative Impacts of High-Deductible Health Plans (PDF).
2019
- Health Plan Payment of Patient Cost-Sharing (PDF) CMS report 9-A-19
2018
- Aligning Clinical and Financial Incentives for High-Value Care (PDF) CMS/CSAPH joint report I-18
- Coverage for Colorectal Cancer Screening (PDF) CMS/CSAPH joint report A-18
- Insulin Affordability (PDF) CMS report 7-A-18
2017
- Survey of Addiction Treatment Centers’ Availability (PDF) CMS report 4-A-17
- Retail Health Clinics (PDF) CMS report 7-A-17
- Non-physician Screening Tests (PDF) CMS report 3-I-17
- Payment and Coverage for Genetic/genomic Precision Medicine (PDF) CMS/CSAPH joint report I-17
2016
- Physician Communication and Care Coordination During Patient Hospitalizations (PDF) CMS report 6-A-16. Read the issue brief for this report: Improving Physician Communication During Patient Hospitalizations (PDF).
- Hospital Discharge Communications (PDF) CMS report 7-I-16. Read the issue brief for this report: Improving Physician Communication During Patient Hospitalizations (PDF).
2015
- Health Insurance Affordability (PDF) CMS report 8-I-15. Read the issue briefs for this report: Improving Health Insurance Affordability (PDF) and Taking Steps Forward to Cover the Uninsured (PDF).
2014
- Coverage of and Payment for Telemedicine (PDF) CMS report 7-A-14
- Reference Pricing (PDF) CMS report 3-I-14
2011
- Essential Health Care Benefits (PDF) CMS report 2-A-11
- Covering the Uninsured and Individual Responsibility (PDF) CMS report 9-A-11
2008
- The Role of Cash Payments in all Physician Practices (PDF) CMS report 3-A-08
- Tax Implications of Eliminating the Employee Income Tax Exclusion for Employer-sponsored Insurance (PDF) CMS report 5-A-08
- Standardizing AMA Policy on the Tax Treatment of Health Insurance (PDF) CMS report 8 - A-08
- The Tax Treatment of Health Savings Accounts (PDF) CMS report 7 - I-08
2007
- Update on Store-based Health Clinics (PDF) CMS report 5-A-07
- Adequacy of Health Insurance Coverage Options (PDF) CMS report 7-A-07
- Cost-sharing Arrangements for Prescription Drugs (PDF) CMS report 1-I-07
- Trends in Employer-sponsored Health Insurance (PDF) CMS report 4-I-07
Additional information
Access all council reports prior to 2007 or learn more about the Council on Medical Service.
