Oct 6, 2020 | Market Approach
By Erin Duffy, Erin Trish, Loren Adler, USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy “Too often after a hospital procedure or visit to an emergency room patients get hit with unexpected bills from out-of-network doctors they had no role in choosing....
Sep 23, 2020 | Blog Post, Market Approach
When out-of-network providers and private equity firms take advantage of patients, we all pay the price. Now, new research from the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy shows clearly how this exploitative practice ends up costing the country billions...
Sep 15, 2020 | Arbitration, Market Approach
By Laura Ungar “School librarian Amanda Brasfield bent over to grab her lunch from a small refrigerator and felt her heart begin to race. Even after lying on her office floor and closing her eyes, her heart kept pounding and fluttering in her chest. The school...
Sep 8, 2020 | Market Approach
By Marshall Allen When Dr. Zachary Sussman went to Physicians Premier ER in Austin for a COVID-19 antibody test, he assumed he would get a freebie because he was a doctor for the chain. Instead, the free-standing emergency room charged his insurance company an...
Aug 4, 2020 | Blog Post, Market Approach
By Sarah Kliff As Congress moves to address one of the most devastating public health crises facing the country, patients, consumers and families continue to be slammed with surprise medical bills related to COVID-19 care and treatment. The latest New York Times piece...
Jul 28, 2020 | Market Approach, Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Following the release of the latest Senate proposal related to COVID-19 relief, the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing issued the following statement: “Patients and their families have waited far too long for comprehensive...
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