Apr 17, 2020 | Private Equity
Below are excerpts from Kaiser Health News. Read the full story here. “Federal officials offering emergency funding to hospitals, clinics and doctors’ practices have included this stipulation: They cannot foist surprise medical bills on COVID-19 patients. But...
Apr 10, 2020 | Private Equity
Below are excerpts from ProPublica. “Medical staffing companies — some of which are owned by some of the country’s richest investors and have been cutting pay for doctors on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic — are seeking government bailout...
Apr 6, 2020 | Private Equity
Below are excerpts from ProPublica. “A major medical staffing company said it wouldn’t go through with cuts to doctors’ pay and benefits after ProPublica first reported the plans.” “Alteon Health, which employs more than 1,700 doctors and other...
Feb 24, 2020 | Arbitration, Press Release, Private Equity
New Television Ad Exposes The Cost Consequences From Private Equity’s Proposed Surprise Billing Fix Washington, D.C. – At a time when private equity firms are driving a growing number of American families into bankruptcy from surprise medical bills, a new television...
Feb 19, 2020 | Arbitration, Private Equity
Leading policy experts and organizations representing consumers, employers and unions have urged Congress to stop discriminatory pricing from bad actors and pursue reforms that would lower costs for millions of Americans. Importantly, everyone agrees that protecting...
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...
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