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KFF: More Than 1 Million Patients Still At Risk Of A Surprise Bill From Ground Ambulances
As many as 1.5 million privately insured patients who are brought to an emergency room by an ambulance may be at risk of getting a surprise medical bill each year, according to new research published by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The research highlights the acute...
Top Priority for Surprise Billing Implementation: Protecting Patients from Higher Health Care Costs
In a new letter to the Biden Administration, members of the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing made it clear that achieving the intended goals of the No Surprises Act would require a firm commitment to “decrease health care costs, including premiums and...
Axios: America’s Biggest Hospitals v. Their Patients
By Tina Reed Some of the hospitals with the highest revenue in the country also have some of the highest prices. Why it matters: Hospitals each determine their own charges, or list prices. While few patients ever pay those prices due to negotiated insurance rates,...
Coalition Statement on Confirmation of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Priorities for Implementation of the No Surprises Act
Washington, D.C. – The Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing issued the following statement following confirmation of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to oversee the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): “We applaud the confirmation of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure...
Virtual Briefing (May 25): Implementing the No Surprises Act – Protecting Patients & Reducing Health Care Costs
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Private Equity’s New Bait-and-Switch on Surprise Billing
As the Biden Administration moves forward with implementation of the No Surprises Act, out-of-network providers and private equity firms are pushing to create new loopholes that would raise costs for consumers and families. Groups representing emergency room...
Georgetown / Commonwealth Fund: Are Surprise Billing Payments Likely to Lead to Inflation in Health Spending?
By Jack Hoadley & Kevin Lucia “The federal No Surprises Act protects consumers from 'surprise' bills from out-of-network providers and also establishes a method to determine how much insurers will pay those providers. Establishing payment is critical to ensuring...
Coalition Statement on the ‘No Surprises Act’
Washington, D.C. - The Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing issued the following statement on the final surprise billing provisions included as part of the No Surprises Act: “Despite out-of-network providers and private equity firms trying once again to...
Employers, Unions and Health Insurance Providers: Surprise Billing Reforms Can’t Be A Gift To Private Equity
In a new letter to Congressional leadership, members of the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing urged policymakers to prioritize critical “changes to the current bill that would lower costs for consumers, employers and taxpayers.” Highlights are included below:...
Coalition Statement on Latest Congressional Agreement on Surprise Billing
Washington, D.C. - Following the announcement on the latest Congressional surprise billing agreement, the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing issued the following statement: “Arbitration is not a solution to the surprise billing crisis. It’s a gift to private...