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ICYMI: Bloomberg Highlights Patient Cost of Provider Challenges
Bloomberg recently highlighted how certain providers seek to increase health care costs for patients by challenging current rules regarding the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process. The No Surprises Act created regulations preventing providers from charging...
Is the No Surprises Act Working? 99% of the Time, Yes.
Surprise bills can be expensive, and usually occur when a patient unknowingly receives care from an out-of-network provider, even if they’re at an in-network facility. Thankfully, bipartisan members of Congress passed the No Surprises Act in 2020 to tamp down on this...
CASMB Statement on the TMA II Ruling
Washington, D.C. – 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 provisions of the final...
CASMB Statement on 4th Texas Medical Association Lawsuit
Washington, D.C. – The Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing issued the following statement in response to the latest January 30, 2023, lawsuit filed by the Texas Medical Association challenging portions of the final rule implementing the No Surprises Act: “The...
ICYMI: Arbitration System Overwhelmed by Dispute Resolution Claims
Thanks to the No Surprises Act passed by Congress in 2020, Americans were protected from 9 million surprise bills in the first 9 months of 2022. Solutions like the No Surprises Act are the right way to protect patients from surprise bills, increase the number of...
By the Numbers: What to Know About the No Surprises Act Implementation
Congress passed the No Surprises Act (NSA) with strong bipartisan support to protect patients from surprise medical bills. Even now, with the NSA protecting patients from millions of medical bills, certain providers continue to undermine the process and weaken the...
Consumers, Employer Groups, Policy Experts, and Health Insurance Providers Support No Surprises Act
For far too long, patients and their families suffered the financial consequences of surprise medical bills. Thankfully, bipartisan passage of the No Surprises Act (NSA), prevented more than 9 million surprise bills from reaching American families across the country...
ICYMI: Patient, Consumer, Union, and Employer Organizations Call on Tri-Agencies to Stand Firm in No Surprises Act Implementation
As litigation efforts continue to target the patient protections in the No Surprises Act (NSA), nearly 60 organizations representing patients, consumers, labor unions, and employers have come together in a letter to the tri-agencies emphasizing the need to stand...
CASMB Statement on New LifeNet Lawsuit
Washington, D.C. – The Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing issued the following statement in response to the latest December 1, 2022, lawsuit filed by LifeNet challenging portions of the final rule implementing the No Surprises Act: “We are extremely...
ICYMI: Bloomberg Showcases How Certain Providers Continue to Overuse Arbitration
Despite the No Surprises Act preventing 9 million surprise bills in the first 9 months of 2022, private equity-backed groups and certain providers continue their attempts to weaken the patient protections and drive up costs and red tape through a series of lawsuits....