Private Equity Firms Exploit Patients
Seeking Emergency Care
The growing presence of private equity-backed providers 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. Learn more about how private equity firms exploit the market at the expense of patients – and why surprise medical billing reforms need to address the soaring cost of these bills.
The Cost and Perils of Arbitration
Leading policy experts and organizations representing consumers, employers and unions have urged Congress to stop discriminatory pricing from bad actors and pursue reforms that would lower costs for millions of Americans. Importantly, everyone agrees that protecting...
JAMA Op-ed: Surprise Billing In Surgery – Time For Action
Below are excerpts from an op-ed published in JAMA. JAMA Op-ed: Surprise Billing In Surgery Time For Action By Karen E. Joynt Maddox, MD, MPH; Edward Livingston, MD "'Surprise' billing occurs when patients with health insurance receive care from a clinician or...
Law360: From Hospital to Jail – Debtors Face Growing Arrest Threat
Below is are excerpts from an article published in Law 360. To view the full article, click here. From Hospital to Jail - Debtors Face Growing Arrest Threat By Jack Karp "The knock came just four days after Steven Krueger got out of the hospital. He was recovering...
News4 San Antonio: Congress Investigates Private Equity Firm Connection To Surprise Medical Bills
Below is an excerpt from an article published in News4 San Antonio. To view the full article, click here. Congress Investigates Private Equity Firm Connection to Surprise Medical Bills By Jaie Avila When you go to the emergency room in San Antonio, there's a good...
Coalition Statement on Latest Surprise Billing Proposals
Following the release of surprise billing proposals from the House Committee on Ways & Means and the House Committee on Education and Labor, the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing issued the following statement: “At a time when millions of Americans are...
Bloomberg Law: Air Ambulance Companies Defend ‘Balance Billing’ Of Patients
Below is an excerpt from an op-ed published in Bloomberg Law. To view the full article, click here. Air Ambulance Companies Defend 'Balance Billing' Of Patients By Alex Ruoff Billing patients directly for services an insurer won’t cover is critical to the business...
Washington Post Op-Ed: The health-care industry is letting surgeons behave like muggers
Patients continue to bear the serious financial consequences of surprise medical bills from private equity firms and hospitals. Cynthia Weber Cascio, a patient and former reporter, recounted her own personal experience navigating a hospital maze that ultimately landed...
Kaiser Health News: Hospital Group Mum As Members Pursue Patients With Lawsuits And Debt Collectors
See below highlights from an article published in Kaiser Health News. Read the full article here. "The American Hospital Association, the biggest hospital trade group, says it promotes 'best practices' among medical systems to treat patients more effectively...
Private Equity Firms Spent +$53 Million Last Year To Kill Surprise Billing Reforms
With millions of Americans still facing the threat of bankrupting surprise medical bills, Bloomberg profiles the onslaught of private equity money in 2019 that stalled the hope of a solution for consumers. The article notes that, “No advocacy group spent more than...
ICYMI: New Analysis Shows Surprise Billing Charges Far Exceed Negotiated Rates, Adding $40 Billion in Annual Costs
Last month, a new analysis from Yale University’s Zack Cooper, Hao Nguyen, Nathan Shekita and Fiona Scott Morton zeroed in on some of the out-of-network providers and specialists who have built up a track record of sending surprise medical bills to patients. Not...