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Arbitration Won’t Protect Patients Against Exorbitant Costs From Surprise Medical Billing
Some arbitration proposals under consideration as part of federal reforms to address surprise medical billing would give a green light to certain out-of-network providers to continue charging exorbitant rates for care. We can’t protect patients from surprise bills...
ICYMI: Financial Times: US healthcare provider loans tumble as politicians target patient billing
"A push on Capitol Hill to stop US patients from being caught unaware by medical bills is weighing on the debt of KKR-backed Envision Healthcare, the target of one of the biggest leveraged buyouts last year. The proposed law, seen as having broad bipartisan support in...
Arbitration Approach Won’t Protect Patients Against Exorbitant Costs From Surprise Medical Billing
Current arbitration proposals under consideration as part of federal reforms to address surprise medical billing would give a green light to certain out-of-network providers to continue charging exorbitant rates for care. We can’t solve surprise billing without...
Getting to the Facts: What You Need To Know About Surprise Medical Billing
Surprise medical billing, or balance billing, is one of the pressing affordability challenges facing millions of Americans, including those who receive coverage through their employer. By addressing the underlying cost of unfair, exorbitant charges from certain...
Something Fishy: Out-of-Network Providers & Their Surprise Billing Red Herring
When it comes to ending surprise medical billing, we know that a fair benchmark standard based on local market rates is the best way to provide safeguards for patients and their families during health emergencies while ensuring that providers are reimbursed at a...
Fact Check: Protecting Patients’ Access to Quality, Affordable Care in Rural Communities
Out-of-network providers continue to exploit patients at their most vulnerable – even in cases where those patients made the effort to seek in-network care. A recent report from Kaiser Family Foundation found that the vast majority (90 percent) of inpatient stays for...
When Patients Are Feeling Low, Envision Goes High on Surprise Medical Bills
Envision Healthcare Corp., the parent company of EmCare which is notorious for exorbitant surprise medical bills, is now facing a class-action lawsuit from several Texas patients who were on the receiving end of unfair and excessive out-of-network charges. The...
When Patients Are At Their Most Vulnerable, Private Equity Firms See “Opportunity to Reap Above-Market Returns”
In an op-ed for The Hill, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research Eileen Appelbaum highlights the explosion of private equity-backed provider firms that see profit opportunities when patients are at their most vulnerable. "Private equity has shaped...
Sen. Alexander: Senate Solution to Surprise Medical Bills ‘Best Way Forward’ to Protect Patients, Empower Local Markets
In an op-ed for the National Review, Senate HELP Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander makes the case for why Congress needs to step in to correct the market failure that contributes to surprise medical billing – one of the “most visible health-care problems for the 200...
Flashback: NYT Profiles “The Company Behind Many Surprise Emergency Room Bills”
The growing presence of private equity-backed provider and specialty medical groups is becoming an all too common influence in the health system – and one of the leading drivers behind egregious surprise medical bills that bankrupt families across the country. EmCare,...