Surprise Medical Billing
The USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy today convened a panel of policymakers and stakeholders, including the AHA, to discuss its newly released analysis detailing policy approaches to eliminate surprise out-of-network billing and propose solutions.
Seventeen health insurance, employer and consumer organizations today proposed recommendations for federal action to protect patients from surprise medical bills.
Legislative proposals for a Medicare public option could negatively affect patient access to care and significantly reduce payments to hospitals, AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels said during a panel discussion today at America’s Health Insurance Plans’ National Health Policy Conference in…
The AHA today unveiled a set of principles to help inform the ongoing federal policy debate regarding surprise billing.
“The last thing a patient should worry about in a health crisis is an unanticipated medical bill,” said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack. “We must protect patients from…
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is committed to working with policymakers to identify workable solutions that protect patients from surprise bills in certain scenarios. And key leaders in Congress and the Administration want our input. Hospitals and health systems need to be part of shaping…
America’s hospitals and health systems are committed to protecting patients from “surprise bills” and support a federal legislative solution to do so. These types of bills may occur when a patient receives care from an out-of-network provider or when their health plan fails to pay for covered…
Surprise bills can cause patients stress and financial burden at a time of particular vulnerability: when they are in need of medical care. Patients are at risk of incurring such bills during emergencies, as well as when they schedule care at an in-network facility without knowing the network…
The last thing a patient should worry about in a health crisis is an unanticipated medical bill that unintentionally impacts their out-of-pocket costs … and undermines the trust and confidence that patients have in their caregivers.
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