Dec 20, 2024
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, Section 201, Gag Clauses provision, prohibits health plans and issuers from entering into agreements with providers that prevent the disclosure of cost and quality information.
The Gag Clauses annual compliance attestation is due December 31 of this year, and annually thereafter, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Blue Shield of California confirms it is compliant and has successfully submitted the attestation to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) services.
The submission made was on behalf of:
- fully-insured/flex-funded groups for Blue Shield’s provider contracts only
- ASO groups that that have all their provider networks with Blue Shield and completed the Blue Shield Gag Clauses Qualtrics Intake Form
