May 14, 2020 | Blog Post, Market Approach
With the highest unemployment rate on record in decades, it is no surprise that almost a quarter of voters have delayed or know someone who has postponed receiving medical care during the COVID-19 crisis because of cost, according to new national polling from Morning...
Feb 13, 2020 | Market Approach, Private Equity
Below are excerpts from an op-ed published in JAMA. JAMA Op-ed: Surprise Billing In Surgery Time For Action By Karen E. Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH; Edward Livingston, MD “‘Surprise’ billing occurs when patients with health insurance receive care...
Feb 12, 2020 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Market Approach
Millions of Americans continue receiving bankrupting surprise medical bills. While Congressional action is long past due, the recent proposal from the House Ways & Means Committee is a major step backwards, falling drastically short of providing the comprehensive...
Feb 7, 2020 | Market Approach, Press Release, Private Equity
Following the release of surprise billing proposals from the House Committee on Ways & Means and the House Committee on Education and Labor, the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing issued the following statement: “At a time when millions of Americans are...
Feb 5, 2020 | Blog Post, Market Approach
New recommendations from the Bipartisan Policy Center zero in on surprise medical bills and the need to tackle these unfair charges as part of a system-wide approach to addressing unsustainable health costs. The bipartisan group of health care experts — led by...
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...
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