Nov 11, 2019 | Market Approach, Private Equity, Uncategorized
As Congress considers proposals to address surprise medical billing, patients across the country continue to bear the brunt of this growing affordability problem. The latest example: after recovering from a double lung transplant, Tom Saputo was blindsided by an...
Nov 5, 2019 | Arbitration, Market Approach
As Congress pushes forward on a solution to surprise medical bills, KHN’s Rachel Bluth profiled New York’s arbitration model and the significant cost increases facing patients under this flawed approach. Highlights from the article – To End Surprise...
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...
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