Jul 29, 2021 | Arbitration, Blog Post
In December 2020, Congress passed the No Surprises Act with the intent of protecting patients from surprise medical bills and lowering health care costs. Delivering on the law’s cost-savings goal centers on a wonky, but critically important, payment methodology known...
Jun 23, 2021 | Arbitration, Blog Post
In a new letter to the Biden Administration, members of the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing made it clear that achieving the intended goals of the No Surprises Act would require a firm commitment to “decrease health care costs, including premiums and...
May 4, 2021 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Market Approach
As the Biden Administration moves forward with implementation of the No Surprises Act, out-of-network providers and private equity firms are pushing to create new loopholes that would raise costs for consumers and families. Groups representing emergency room...
Apr 28, 2021 | Arbitration, Blog Post
By Jack Hoadley & Kevin Lucia “The federal No Surprises Act protects consumers from ‘surprise’ bills from out-of-network providers and also establishes a method to determine how much insurers will pay those providers. Establishing payment is critical...
Dec 3, 2020 | Arbitration, Market Approach, Press Release
Washington, D.C. – After private equity firms blocked critical surprise billing protections for American patients last year, the overwhelming majority of voters — roughly 90 percent — want Congress to pass legislation that would protect more than 100 million Americans...
Dec 2, 2020 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Uncategorized
Just when Congress is considering taking decisive action to protect patients from surprise medical bills, should we be surprised that those who stand to benefit from unfairly charging consumers are pushing to keep the status quo? Action4Health is the latest group to...
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