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America’s new market-driven healthcare system offers huge opportunities for all players in the commercial health insurance ecosystem – employers, advisors, professional benefits administrators, and carriers alike. Our blog presents vital information and knowledge you need to not only comply with, but also to benefit from, and win.
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Are You Moving at The Speed of Technology or Healthcare?

If there’s one thing that’s not a secret, it’s that changes to the healthcare system tend to move at a snail’s pace. The Affordable Care Act, for example, took nearly 5 years from the time of its introduction to the first open enrollment period1. Looking on a smaller scale at group health plans, even implementing

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Taking The Road Less Traveled: Beyond Regulation

Since its founding in 2014, TALON has been ahead of the regulatory curve, setting the standard in a breakthrough market and even influencing the Transparency in Coverage Rule. Our platform was used as an industry standard upon which the new federal mandates were based. TALON provides employers with the tools they need to stay compliant,

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Complying with the Transparency in Coverage Final Rule and No Surprises Act: Taking Baby Steps is the Expensive Way to Go

Various elements of the Transparency in Coverage Final Rule and the No Surprises Act have already taken effect, and others will take effect over the next two years.  This staged rollout of requirements (with very significant fines for non-compliance) could encourage employers to opt for piecemeal software solutions that end up being far more costly,

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TPAs: A Piecemeal Solution To Transparency In Coverage Could Be Your Last Meal

The Transparency in Coverage Rule (TiC) already requires that companies post machine readable files (MRF) which disclose negotiated rates for every in-network provider and the historical payments to, and billed charges from, out-of-network providers.  The MRF must also include in-network negotiated rates and historical net prices for covered prescription medications, broken down by health plan

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Compliance with Transparency Mandates Is NOT Optional for Employers

The Implications of Non-Compliance Can Be Dire The phrase “transparency fines are coming” is now a moot point, because—like it or not—transparency fines are here, and enforcement has begun. With the pivotal July 1 deadline to meet the Machine-Readable Files (MRFs) provision of the Transparency in Coverage Rule now behind us, a shocking number of

Read More »
Blog

Are You Moving at The Speed of Technology or Healthcare?

If there’s one thing that’s not a secret, it’s that changes to the healthcare system tend to move at a snail’s pace. The Affordable Care Act, for example, took nearly 5 years from the time of its introduction to the first open enrollment period1. Looking on a smaller scale at group health plans, even implementing

Read More »
Blog

Taking The Road Less Traveled: Beyond Regulation

Since its founding in 2014, TALON has been ahead of the regulatory curve, setting the standard in a breakthrough market and even influencing the Transparency in Coverage Rule. Our platform was used as an industry standard upon which the new federal mandates were based. TALON provides employers with the tools they need to stay compliant,

Read More »
Blog

Complying with the Transparency in Coverage Final Rule and No Surprises Act: Taking Baby Steps is the Expensive Way to Go

Various elements of the Transparency in Coverage Final Rule and the No Surprises Act have already taken effect, and others will take effect over the next two years.  This staged rollout of requirements (with very significant fines for non-compliance) could encourage employers to opt for piecemeal software solutions that end up being far more costly,

Read More »
Blog

TPAs: A Piecemeal Solution To Transparency In Coverage Could Be Your Last Meal

The Transparency in Coverage Rule (TiC) already requires that companies post machine readable files (MRF) which disclose negotiated rates for every in-network provider and the historical payments to, and billed charges from, out-of-network providers.  The MRF must also include in-network negotiated rates and historical net prices for covered prescription medications, broken down by health plan

Read More »
Blog

Compliance with Transparency Mandates Is NOT Optional for Employers

The Implications of Non-Compliance Can Be Dire The phrase “transparency fines are coming” is now a moot point, because—like it or not—transparency fines are here, and enforcement has begun. With the pivotal July 1 deadline to meet the Machine-Readable Files (MRFs) provision of the Transparency in Coverage Rule now behind us, a shocking number of

Read More »

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Key Considerations

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Planning Guide

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Transparency in Coverage Final Rule

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No Surprises Act

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True Price Transparency

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