Oct 11, 2019 | Market Approach
by Anthony Wright, Executive Director, Health Access California Three years ago, on September 26th, 2016, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 72, a measure to prevent “surprise medical bills” when a patient goes to an in-network hospital or other...
Oct 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
Below is an excerpt from Axios. Medical bills have created financial hardship for most Americans within the last 5 years, including most people with high credit scores, according to a new survey by Elevate’s Center for the New Middle Class. Why it matters:...
Oct 8, 2019 | Arbitration, Private Equity
Below is an excerpt from the Financial Times. What has been driving these nasty surprises? Outsourcing is clearly part of it. But that’s hardly new: hospitals have been contracting out specialised services for decades as they strive to save costs. A better place to...
Oct 8, 2019 | Arbitration, Market Approach
Below is an excerpt from STAT. We need benchmarking, not arbitration, to quell surprise medical billing By James Rickert, October 7, 2019 By ending the financial distress and anger that patients can experience when hit with surprise medical bills, and by guaranteeing...
Oct 4, 2019 | Private Equity
In a speech from the Senate floor last week, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) describes how private equity firms abuse the health care system to profit off of patients. Read excerpts from Senator Shaheen’s floor speech below. “The voices of Granite Staters who...
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