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Transparency and Quality

Transparency in the health care system can help improve patient decision-making and promote meaningful research and analysis of health care costs, access, and quality. Federal and state policymakers have adopted policies to improve health care quality and transparency – from price transparency to ownership transparency – with many of these policies challenged in court. 

Tracker Trends
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340B Program21
Equity53
  • Affordable Care Act (Section 1557)27
Federal Health Funding59
  • Funding Termination/Cuts30
  • Health Information2
  • Indirect Cost Rate Cuts7
  • Medicaid12
  • Reproductive Health12
Health Care Affordability64
  • Anticompetitive Practices29
    • Anticompetitive Contracting10
    • Insurer Practices6
    • Provider Consolidation11
  • Cost Containment15
  • Medical Debt4
  • Site-Neutral Payments9
  • Staffing Standards7
Medicare Advantage38
  • Artificial Intelligence2
  • Coding Practices10
  • Coverage Denials6
  • Enrollment Practices1
  • Star Ratings21
Prescription Drug Pricing42
  • Drug Specific Access Laws5
  • Drug Transparency Laws2
  • Medicare Drug Price Negotiation24
  • Prescription Drug Affordability Boards4
  • Price Gouging Laws7
Private Health Insurance115
  • Affordable Care Act46
    • Copay Accumulators3
    • Employer Mandate2
    • Marketplace Rules11
    • Non-ACA Coverage12
    • Preventive Services16
  • Artificial Intelligence1
  • Ghost Networks7
  • No Surprises Act59
    • Arbitration Awards/Conduct40
    • Arbitration Regulations10
    • Constitutional Challenges5
    • Qualifying Payment Amount5
Reproductive Health54
  • EMTALA7
  • Federal Health Funding12
  • HIPAA Privacy Protections5
  • Medication Abortion18
  • Right to Travel7
Transparency and Quality9
9 tracked cases

New cases tracked in the last 12 months

0 Nov
1 Dec
0 Jan
0 Feb
0 Mar
1 Apr
0 May
0 Jun
0 Jul
1 Aug
0 Sep
0 Oct

Litigation trends for Transparency and Quality

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Geographic Trends

5 active district courts

2 active circuit courts

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  • 2nd Circuit
  • 3rd Circuit
  • 4th Circuit
  • 5th Circuit
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  • 8th Circuit
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Not shown: Puerto Rico (First Circuit), the U.S. Virgin Islands (Third Circuit), and Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands (Ninth Circuit).

Court Level

Appellate District
2 (22%) 7 (78%)

Status

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1:25-cv-15137

American Hospital Association et al. v. PatientRightsAdvocate.org Inc.

Filed:
December 12, 2025
Status
Briefing is ongoing
Court
Illinois Northern — Eastern
Goal
Award damages +2 additional goal(s)
  • Transparency and Quality

1:26-cv-09746

PatientRightsAdvocate.org, Inc. v. American Medical Association

Filed:
August 13, 2026
Status
Briefing is ongoing
Court
Illinois Northern — Eastern
Goal
Block defendant action +2 additional goal(s)
  • Transparency and Quality

26-11527

Good Samaritan Medical Center Inc. et al. v. The Leapfrog Group

Filed:
April 30, 2026
Status
Briefing is ongoing
Court
Eleventh Circuit
Goal
Block defendant action +1 additional goal(s)
  • Transparency and Quality

9:25-cv-80526

Good Samaritan Medical Center Inc. et al. v. The Leapfrog Group

Filed:
April 30, 2025
Status
Appeal Filed
Court
Florida Southern
Goal
Block defendant action +1 additional goal(s)
  • Transparency and Quality
Inactive Case

1:19-cv-03619

American Hospital Association et al. v. Azar

Filed:
December 4, 2019
Status
Decision issued
Court
District of Columbia
Goal
Block enforcement of an agency action +1 additional goal(s)
  • Transparency and Quality
Inactive Case

20-5193

American Hospital Association et al. v. Azar 

Filed:
June 30, 2020
Status
Decision issued
Court
D.C. Circuit
Goal
Block enforcement of an agency action +1 additional goal(s)
  • Transparency and Quality
Inactive Case

6:21-cv-00309

Chamber of Commerce et al. v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.

Filed:
August 10, 2021
Status
Case dismissed
Court
Texas Eastern — Tyler
Goal
Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
  • Transparency and Quality
Inactive Case

1:21-cv-02161

Pharmaceutical Care Management Association v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.

Filed:
August 12, 2021
Status
Case dismissed
Court
District of Columbia
Goal
Declaration that agency action is unlawful +1 additional goal(s)
  • Transparency and Quality
Inactive Case

2:23-cv-00207

The Foundation for Government Accountability v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.

Filed:
March 23, 2023
Status
Case dismissed
Court
Florida Middle
Goal
Declaration that agency action is unlawful +1 additional goal(s)
  • Transparency and Quality

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