The Perils of Government-Mandated Arbitration
Protecting patients from surprise bills requires us to address the market failure that drives the problem in the first place. Arbitration is a failed remedy that will incentivize exorbitant charges moving forward. Learn more about why arbitration will continue to lead to sky-high charges from out-of-network providers and higher premiums for all of us.
Financial Times: Private equity has inflated US medical bills
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...
STAT Opinion: We need benchmarking, not arbitration, to quell surprise medical billing
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...
Bloomberg Editorial Board: “The problem is readily solvable”
Bloomberg's editorial board weighs in on value of a local, market-based benchmark to end surprise medical billing for good. Congress Can Act Now to Stop Surprise Medical Bills Many health-care questions are difficult and divisive. This one shouldn’t be. By The...
Patients Protected, Providers Paid: Data From Three Years of California’s Compromise to Stop Surprise Medical Bills
Below in an excerpt from Health Access. Read the full report here. AB 72 took effect on July 1, 2017, and now, over two years later, the data is clear: The law is working as intended by consumer advocates, protecting patients from physician balance billing, while...
Private Equity is Pushing Arbitration for a Simple Reason: It Leads to Higher Prices
How Arbitration For Surprise Medical Bills Leads To Runaway Costs & Higher Premiums By: Avik Roy Read the full story at Forbes. Congress is making progress on surprise medical bills in the emergency room, a problem that is affecting a growing number of patients....
Coalition Statement on New CBO Score for H.R. 2328
September 19 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Following the release of the Congressional Budget Office’s latest estimates on the cost associated with an arbitration proposal included in H.R. 2328 – Reauthorizing and Extending America’s Community Health Act, the Coalition Against...
Why do docs and hospitals support arbitration? Hint: It’s not about protecting patients
Below is an excerpt from Axios Driving the news: 2 new government reports show how arbitration, one of the solutions being considered by Congress, works in theory and in the real world. New York created an arbitration process a few years ago, and doctors on average...
Leading Labor and Employer Groups Urge Congress to Advance a Fair, Market-Based Benchmark, Reject Proposals For Government-Mandated Arbitration
Joining a growing chorus of support for a fair, local, market-based approach to protect patients and families from surprise medical billing, more than 30 key employer and labor organizations are calling on Congress to address the market failure—fueled by a handful of...
Arbitration Approach Won’t Protect Patients Against Exorbitant Costs From Surprise Medical Billing
Current arbitration proposals under consideration as part of federal reforms to address surprise medical billing would give a green light to certain out-of-network providers to continue charging exorbitant rates for care. We can’t solve surprise billing without...
Coalition Statement in Opposition of Arbitration Amendment
Inclusion of Arbitration Provision in Energy & Commerce Legislation Would Be A Hand-Out to Private Equity At Patients’ Expense WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing, whose members include leading organizations representing employers,...