Oct 28, 2022 | Blog Post
A group of private equity-backed physician staffing companies have created an undercover lobbying group focused on surprise medical billing. According to STAT News, the group “Americans for Fair Healthcare” has formed an “under the radar coalition” that will lobby on...
Oct 20, 2022 | Blog Post
Harmful surprise billing practices exacerbated by private equity involvement in health care were recently highlighted by Fortune and Kaiser Health News. Patient Elizabeth Huffner was expecting and past her due date, so when she went into labor and headed to the...
Oct 13, 2022 | Blog Post
A recent study published in Health Affairs compared policies in New York, where out-of-network bills have increased by 24% because existing state law allows the arbitration process to rely on billed charges (billing charges increased from assistant surgeons and...
Oct 4, 2022 | Blog Post
A recent article from Kaiser Health News highlights how investments from private equity firms can destabilize the American health care system. In one example, a small hospital system in Missouri was struggling to stay open, and the backing of Noble Health, a private...
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