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By Addressing Surprise Billing, Congress Can Protect Patients & Reverse Looming Debt Crisis

Jan 29, 2020 | Blog Post, Market Approach

Yesterday’s reality check from the Congressional Budget Office about the country’s unsustainable debt crisis calls for Congress to take urgent action on health care costs. At a time when out-of-network providers and private equity firms are intentionally exploiting...

Why Private Equity Firms & Out-of-Network Providers Want to Stop Surprise Billing Reforms

Jan 22, 2020 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Market Approach

At a time when thousands of American patients are facing hospital bill collectors at their door or the shock of an unexpected charge heading into surgery, those who benefit from these bankrupting charges – private equity firms, out-of-network providers and hospitals –...

ICYMI: New Analysis Shows Surprise Billing Charges Far Exceed Negotiated Rates, Adding $40 Billion in Annual Costs

Jan 7, 2020 | Blog Post, Market Approach, Private Equity

Last month, a new analysis from Yale University’s Zack Cooper, Hao Nguyen, Nathan Shekita and Fiona Scott Morton zeroed in on some of the out-of-network providers and specialists who have built up a track record of sending surprise medical bills to patients. Not...

Do They Or Don’t They? It Sure Looks Like Private Equity Firms Balance Bill Consumers

Dec 5, 2019 | Blog Post, Market Approach, Private Equity

Recently, the private equity companies behind the most egregious surprise billing practices have tried to distance themselves from their bankrupting charges. They say they aren’t balance billing patients, but their actions suggest the exact opposite. We’ve been...

A Benchmark Is Already Working In The Largest State In The Country. California Lawmakers Want To See It Go Federal.

Nov 18, 2019 | Blog Post, Market Approach

Three years after the passage of AB 72, California’s surprise billing law has proved that a fair, local, benchmark solution can stop surprise medical bills while improving health care affordability for hardworking families. Recently, the New York Times examined the...

New Polls Show Voters Want Congress to End Surprise Medical Billing

Nov 14, 2019 | Arbitration, Blog Post

Two new polls from Families USA and Arnold Ventures confirm that voters want Congress to end surprise medical billing with reform that lowers healthcare costs for hardworking families. Key highlights from the Families USA poll are included below: More than 4 in 10...
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