Stop Surprise Medical Bills
Our Mission
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- Protect patients and families from surprise medical bills sent by out-of-network providers.
- Maintain fair and equitable payments for providers with a benchmark standard based on local, competitive market-based rates.
- Help reduce consumers’ health insurance premiums and taxpayers’ costs by avoiding an arbitration process that adds unnecessary cost, delay and bureaucracy to the health system and is particularly harmful for smaller companies.
The Problem
When clinical specialists choose not to participate in health insurance providers’ networks – or if they do not meet the standards for inclusion – they often demand a blank check from patients for their services. The consequences are significant: financial stress, fighting a complicated, confusing bureaucracy, harassed by collection agencies, and often legal action for non-payment. And when a health insurance provider steps in on a patient’s behalf to cover the surprise medical bill, it raises premiums for everyone else.
Role of Private Equity
The Solution

News
CASMB Statement on the TMA III Ruling
WASHINGTON, D.C. – (August 25, 2023) - The Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing issued the following statement in response to the decision rendered in the Texas Medical Association v. United States Department of Health and Human Services case challenging...
New Polling: Bipartisan Majority of Voters Are Concerned About Threats to the No Surprises Act
A recent poll conducted by Morning Consult on behalf of the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing (CASMB) found a bipartisan majority of voters agree the No Surprises Act has been successful in preventing surprise bills. During the first nine months of 2022, the...
New Polling Shows Voters are Concerned about Threats to the No Surprises Act
WASHINGTON, DC — The Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing (CASMB) released new polling which found an overwhelming majority of voters are concerned lawsuits filed against a surprise billing law and implementing regulations could weaken patient protections and...
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