Oct 11, 2019 | Market Approach
by Anthony Wright, Executive Director, Health Access California Three years ago, on September 26th, 2016, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law AB 72, a measure to prevent “surprise medical bills” when a patient goes to an in-network hospital or other...
Oct 8, 2019 | Arbitration, Market Approach
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...
Oct 2, 2019 | Arbitration, Market Approach
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...
Sep 27, 2019 | Arbitration, Market Approach
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...
Sep 27, 2019 | Market Approach
Below is an excerpt from The Hill. A Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis finds that a rival approach backed by doctors groups for protecting patients from getting massive “surprise” medical bills would increase the deficit by “double digit billions” of dollars....
Sep 20, 2019 | Arbitration, Market Approach, Press Release
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...
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