Surprise Medical Billing
America’s hospitals and health systems are committed to protecting patients from unanticipated medical bills that they may incur because of gaps in their insurance coverage or as a result of emergencies. Unfortunately, unless this proposal is much improved over previous bills that rely on a…
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) along with Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-Ore.) Dec. 8 announced they have reached an agreement on…
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.) along with Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-Ore.) Dec. 8 announced they have reached an agreement on…
As Congress enters the home stretch for 2019, they are considering a number of key hospital and health system issues as part of year-end legislation. These include addressing surprise medical bills and further delaying the Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) cuts.
In addition, it is our…
Urge Your Lawmakers to Support Patients and Hospitals on Key Issues, Including: Surprise Medical Bills, Medicaid DSH Cuts and Site-neutral Payments
Engage your senators and representative now as year-end legislation takes shape
As Congress enters the home stretch for 2019, they are considering a…
Congress should pass legislation that protects patients from surprise medical bills and rejects rate setting, hospital leaders said today at an AHA briefing on Capitol Hill.
Members of Congress are in their home districts and states for the next two weeks, and it is an excellent opportunity to talk with your lawmakers about important issues they will consider when they return to Washington, D.C.
Next week, CBS News is slated to air a three-part series called “Medical Price Roulette,” exploring medical costs, including hospital prices. The series is scheduled to run Monday, Sept. 23, through Wednesday, Sept. 25, on both CBS This Morning and CBS Evening News (watch a preview of the series).
The AHA today commented on provisions related to surprise medical billing legislation that the House Education and Labor Committee could consider soon.
AHA comments on provisions of surprise medical billing legislation passed in July by the Energy and Commerce Committee, as we understand your Committee may be interested in considering a similar approach.