AHIP: HHS underestimates IT costs for federal rate filing, data submissions

Government Health IT: The health insurance industry thinks the Department of Health and Human Services has greatly underestimated IT and labor costs for compliance with pending rate filing and data submission rules.

A survey by the insurance industry’s main trade group, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), has found companies pegging compliance costs as much as 70 percent higher than HHS’s estimates.

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