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Getting to the Facts: What You Need To Know About Surprise Medical Billing

Jul 31, 2019 | Blog Post

Surprise medical billing, or balance billing, is one of the pressing affordability challenges facing millions of Americans, including those who receive coverage through their employer. By addressing the underlying cost of unfair, exorbitant charges from certain...

Something Fishy: Out-of-Network Providers & Their Surprise Billing Red Herring

Jul 30, 2019 | Blog Post, Market Approach

When it comes to ending surprise medical billing, we know that a fair benchmark standard based on local market rates is the best way to provide safeguards for patients and their families during health emergencies while ensuring that providers are reimbursed at a...

Fact Check: Protecting Patients’ Access to Quality, Affordable Care in Rural Communities

Jul 24, 2019 | Blog Post, Market Approach

Out-of-network providers continue to exploit patients at their most vulnerable – even in cases where those patients made the effort to seek in-network care.  A recent report from Kaiser Family Foundation found that the vast majority (90 percent) of inpatient stays for...

When Patients Are Feeling Low, Envision Goes High on Surprise Medical Bills

Jul 23, 2019 | Blog Post, Private Equity

Envision Healthcare Corp., the parent company of EmCare which is notorious for exorbitant surprise medical bills, is now facing a class-action lawsuit from several Texas patients who were on the receiving end of unfair and excessive out-of-network charges. The...

When Patients Are At Their Most Vulnerable, Private Equity Firms See “Opportunity to Reap Above-Market Returns”

Jul 23, 2019 | Blog Post, Private Equity

In an op-ed for The Hill, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research Eileen Appelbaum highlights the explosion of private equity-backed provider firms that see profit opportunities when patients are at their most vulnerable. “Private equity has...
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