The Transparency in Coverage Rule requires group health plans to make the Files available on a publicly available internet site. Employer groups may post the relevant URL below to their own public website to satisfy the requirements of the Transparency in Coverage rule.
How Blue Cross NC will support the machine-readable files requirement:
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) will produce machine-readable files containing in-network rates and out-of-network historical rates. The Files will include in-network rates and out-of-network historical rates for providers in NorthCarolina and other states. The Files will be updated monthly. The Files will contain a very significant amount of data (estimated at 1 Terabyte per file).
- Blue Cross NC hosts these files on its publicly available website.