Consumer-driven health care: Council on Medical Service reports

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.

2021

• Reducing Inequities and Improving Access to Insurance for Maternal Health Care (PDF) CMS-CSAPH joint report N-21

• 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).

• Health Plan Payment of Patient Cost-Sharing (PDF) CMS report 9-A-19

• 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

• 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

• 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). 

• 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).

• Coverage of and Payment for Telemedicine (PDF) CMS report 7-A-14
• Reference Pricing  (PDF) CMS report 3-I-14

• Essential Health Care Benefits (PDF) CMS report 2-A-11
• Covering the Uninsured and Individual Responsibility  (PDF) CMS report 9-A-11

• 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

• 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

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