Surprise Medical Billing
The House Education and Labor Committee voted 32-13 to report out an amended version of the Ban Surprise Billing Act (H.R. 5800), legislation to address surprise medical bills. The bill relies on a median in-network rate to resolve out-of-network payments.
The AHA expressed support for the Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020, bipartisan legislation released last week by leaders of the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Ways and Means markup is Feb. 12; Education and Labor markup is Feb. 11
Two House committees – Ways and Means, and Education and Labor – this week will mark up their own legislation to address surprise medical bills. The Ways and Means markup is Feb. 12 and the Education and Labor markup…
Two House committees – Ways and Means, and Education and Labor – this week will mark up their own legislation to address surprise medical bills. The Ways and Means markup is Feb. 12 and the Education and Labor markup is Feb. 11.
AHA comments to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor on provisions of the Ban Surprise Billing Act that will be marked up this week.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack responds to the proposal from the House Ways and Means Committee over surprise medical billing.
The AHA is pleased to support the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means legislation, the Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal, D-Mass., and Ranking Member Kevin Brady, R-Texas, released legislative text of the Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020, the committee’s proposal to address surprise medical bills.
Intermountain Healthcare, long committed to reducing patients’ out-of-pocket costs, is making good on its pledge albeit at a steep price, Chief Financial Officer Bert Zimmerli told a packed crowd.
This is a collection of Fact Sheets and Talking Points documents that the AHA has released on Surprise Medical Billing Legislation.