A description of current use, and proposed use, of APIs under Federal rules to facilitate interoperability, including information related to capacity constraints within the agencies, barriers to adoption, privacy and security, administrative burdens and efficiencies, care coordination, and levels of compliance. (2) A description of the feasibility of agency participation in the development of APIs to enable application access to price transparency data under the amendments made by subsection (a). (3) A specification of the timeline for which such data standards can be required to make such data accessible via an API. (4) An analysis of the benefits and challenges of implementing standards-based APIs for price transparency data, including the ability for consumers to access rate and payment information and the amount of cost-sharing (including deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance) under the consumer’s plan through third-party internet-based tools and applications. (5) An analysis of the impact that APIs which provide real-time access to pricing and cost-sharing information may have in increasing the amount of services shoppable for individuals, such as by standardizing more health care spend via episode bundles. (6) An analysis of which health care items and services may be useful under API, such as those for which prices change with the greatest frequency. (7) An analysis of the cost of API standards implementation on issuers, employers, and other private-sector entities. (8) An analysis of the ability of State regulators to enforce API standards and the costs to the Federal Government and States to regulate and enforce API standards. (9) An analysis of the interaction with API standards and Federal health information privacy standards. (c) Provider tool report (1) In general Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, The Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall, in consultation with stakeholders,