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STAT: How America’s Largest Catholic Hospital System Is Moonlighting As A Private Equity Firm
By Rachel Cohrs VIEW ONLINE “The nation’s largest Catholic hospital system, a sprawling behemoth of more than 140 hospitals called Ascension, is quietly building an unprecedented and strikingly unusual $1 billion private equity operation, using its wealth to invest...
Why is the No Surprises Act so important? Ask 170 million Americans who will see lower health costs
Year-over-year increases in the cost of medical care – including hospital and physician costs – continue to drive up health care costs for millions of families. The staggering expenses associated with medical care reinforce the urgent need for the consumer cost...
Coalition Statement on Texas Medical Association Lawsuit Challenging Consumers’ Surprise Billing Protections
Washington, D.C. – The Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing issued the following statement regarding the Texas Medical Association’s lawsuit seeking to invalidate consumer protections included as part of the No Surprises Act: “This lawsuit is not about patients...
In New Letter to Biden Administration, CASMB Calls for Tri-Agencies to Maintain Limited IDR Process, Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills
Beginning Jan. 1, 2022, millions of Americans will be protected from the threat and financial harm of surprise medical bills. Maintaining these important consumer protections, including a limited process for independent dispute resolution (IDR), is essential for...
Leading Consumer Organizations, Employer Groups and Policy Experts Applaud Consumer Protections Included in Latest Surprise Billing Regulations
Two of the primary goals of the No Surprises Act were to protect patients from surprise medical bills and to lower health care costs for all consumers. The key to achieving both of those priorities require common-sense patient protections that would curtail market...
Coalition Statement on Latest Interim Final Rules for the No Surprises Act
Following the release of new interim final rules (IFR) as part of the implementation of the No Surprises Act, the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing issued the following statement: “Ending surprise medical bills and lowering health care costs were the key...
Lessons Learned from the States: Surprise Billing Reforms & The Impact on Consumers’ Costs
Starting in 2022, patients across the country will no longer face the threat or fear of a surprise medical bill, but policy experts, consumer advocates, health insurance providers and employer representatives urged the Biden Administration to protect Americans from...
Sept. 28 Virtual Briefing – Lessons Learned from the States: Surprise Billing Reforms & The Impact on Consumers’ Costs
For Evidence On How Arbitration Harms Patients, Just Look to the States
The Biden Administration will soon release new rules around a federal arbitration process, also known as independent dispute resolution (IDR). Several states that have implemented IDR processes have seen how frequently they can be abused and misused by out-of-network...
Everything is Bigger in Texas – Including the Cost of Arbitration
Two years after Texas implemented a new arbitration process for resolving surprise medical bills, the number of arbitration requests have skyrocketed to more than 50,000 requests from January to June 2021, suggesting a costly trend that will leave consumers and...