Dec 11, 2020 | Industry News
READ THE ARTICLE: “WASHINGTON – Today, key House and Senate Committee leaders announced a bipartisan agreement on legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills and establish a fair framework to resolve payment disputes between health care providers...
Oct 13, 2020 | Industry News
READ THE ARTICLE: “Last year, Congress abandoned its attempt to prevent surprise bills like this one, and coronavirus patients are now paying the price. Bills submitted to The New York Times show that patients often face surprise charges from out-of-network...
Sep 23, 2020 | Industry News
READ THE ARTICLE: “The Trump administration is taking a prior authorization program for ambulance services nationwide. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said in an announcement on Tuesday that the edicare Prior Authorization Model for Repetitive,...
Jun 11, 2020 | Industry News
READ THE ARTICLE: “Out‐of‐network air ambulance bills are a type of surprise medical bill and are driven by many of the same market failures behind other surprise medical bills, including patients’ inability to choose in‐network providers in an emergency or to...
Apr 16, 2020 | Industry News
READ THE ARTICLE: “While it is intuitive to believe that air is generally quicker and hence better than a ground transfer, was the decision appropriate? How should critical care physicians decide when to use a limited and expensive resource like helicopter...
Jul 16, 2016 | Industry News
READ THE ARTICLE: “While transparency is viewed as important to reducing consumer health costs, little has been done to affect business-to-business relationships and confront pricing practices that are often variable and...
