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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....
Breaking News: 17 Billion Reasons Why Providers Continue Filing Lawsuits to Weaken Patient Protections in the No Surprises Act
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) is at it again. This physician association just announced its third legal attempt challenging the patient protections in the No Surprises Act. Following initial fillings in 2021 and September 2022, additional efforts by TMA and...
9 Million Reasons to be Thankful for the No Surprises Act
As millions of Americans ate turkey last week and discussed what they were thankful for, one subject that hopefully did not arise is surprise medical bills. Thanks to the No Surprises Act, which was enacted with broad bipartisan support in 2020, 9 million surprise...
ICYMI: Protecting Patients From Surprise Bills While Lowering Health Care Costs
The Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing hosted a policymaker briefing last week to discuss how the No Surprises Act (NSA) is essential for protecting patients from harmful surprise medical bills and actively works to lower health care costs for Americans and...
New Polling: Bipartisan Majority of Voters Highly 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 that a bipartisan majority of voters with employer-provided health coverage are concerned about current attempts by certain providers and...
ICYMI: New Law Protects Americans from 9 Million Surprise Medical Bills
This week, AHIP and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) released new data, building upon previous survey analysis, highlighting how the No Surprises Act (NSA) has protected millions of Americans from receiving surprise medical bills. In the first 9 months...
ICYMI: Private Equity Investments in Health Care
A recent video from Kaiser Health News provides a helpful explanation of private equity and its role in health care. Over the last 10 years, private equity has expanded its reach into hospitals and physician practices, as detailed in the video. Unfortunately, these...
ICYMI: Lawsuits Continue to Target the No Surprises Act
In repeated efforts to weaken provisions of the No Surprises Act, certain provider groups are joining forces to support the most recent Texas Medical Association lawsuit that, if successful, is likely to result in higher health care costs for consumers. As too many...