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Solving Surprise Medical Billing Through Market-Based Rates Gets Bipartisan Love
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 former...
By Addressing Surprise Billing, Congress Can Protect Patients & Reverse Looming Debt Crisis
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...
Why Private Equity Firms & Out-of-Network Providers Want to Stop Surprise Billing Reforms
At a time when thousands of American patients are facing hospital bill collectors at their door or the shock of an unexpected charge heading into surgery, those who benefit from these bankrupting charges – private equity firms, out-of-network providers and hospitals –...
Bloomberg Law: Air Ambulance Companies Defend ‘Balance Billing’ Of Patients
Below is an excerpt from an op-ed published in Bloomberg Law. To view the full article, click here. Air Ambulance Companies Defend 'Balance Billing' Of Patients By Alex Ruoff Billing patients directly for services an insurer won’t cover is critical to the business...
Washington Post Op-Ed: The health-care industry is letting surgeons behave like muggers
Patients continue to bear the serious financial consequences of surprise medical bills from private equity firms and hospitals. Cynthia Weber Cascio, a patient and former reporter, recounted her own personal experience navigating a hospital maze that ultimately landed...
Kaiser Health News: Hospital Group Mum As Members Pursue Patients With Lawsuits And Debt Collectors
See below highlights from an article published in Kaiser Health News. Read the full article here. "The American Hospital Association, the biggest hospital trade group, says it promotes 'best practices' among medical systems to treat patients more effectively...
Private Equity Firms Spent +$53 Million Last Year To Kill Surprise Billing Reforms
With millions of Americans still facing the threat of bankrupting surprise medical bills, Bloomberg profiles the onslaught of private equity money in 2019 that stalled the hope of a solution for consumers. The article notes that, “No advocacy group spent more than...
ICYMI: New Analysis Shows Surprise Billing Charges Far Exceed Negotiated Rates, Adding $40 Billion in Annual Costs
Last month, a new analysis from Yale University’s Zack Cooper, Hao Nguyen, Nathan Shekita and Fiona Scott Morton zeroed in on some of the out-of-network providers and specialists who have built up a track record of sending surprise medical bills to patients. Not...
Coalition Statement on Ways & Means Committee Proposal To Address Surprise Medical Billing
Washington, DC - Following the announcement on a new surprise medical billing proposal, the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing issued the following statement: “Surprise medical bills hurt patients, consumers and taxpayers. Americans deserve a solution that...
(Boston Globe) Ending surprise billing: A moral test for physicians
Below, see highlights from an op-ed published in the Boston Globe: Ending surprise billing: A moral test for physicians by Ashish K. Jha, M.D., MPH. To read the full piece, click here. "Most people, quite reasonably, think that if the hospital is in-network,...