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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A group of private equity-backed physician staffing companies have created an undercover lobbying group focused on surprise medical billing. According to STAT News, the group “Americans for Fair Healthcare” has formed an “under the radar coalition” that will lobby on...

Harmful surprise billing practices exacerbated by private equity involvement in health care were recently highlighted by Fortune and Kaiser Health News. Patient Elizabeth Huffner was expecting and past her due date, so when she went into labor and headed to the...

A recent study published in Health Affairs compared policies in New York, where out-of-network bills have increased by 24% because existing state law allows the arbitration process to rely on billed charges (billing charges increased from assistant surgeons and...