Surprise Medical Billing
Over the past year, there has been considerable public and policymaker focus on the issues of surprise medical billing and health care price transparency. The AHA supports protecting patients from surprise medical bills and improving patient access to meaningful pricing information. The following…
Commenting on the rate-setting provision of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s legislative proposal to address surprise medical bills, the AHA, America’s Essential Hospitals, Association of American Medical Colleges, Catholic Health Association of the United States, Children’s Hospital…
AHA, health organizations letter to Representatives Frank Pallone and Greg Walden regarding the No Surprises Act.
Responding today to a House Energy and Commerce Committee request for information on its No Surprises Act draft legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills, the AHA said it shares the committee’s objective of protecting patients from balance billing in certain circumstances by out-…
The AHA responds to Representatives Frank Pallone and Greg Walden request for information related to the development of the No Surprises Act.
Leaders of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) May 23 released the Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019 – bipartisan discussion draft legislation focused on reducing health care costs.
Hospitals and health systems are committed to protecting patients from surprise medical bills and support a federal legislative solution to do so, AHA Executive Vice President Tom Nickels said today during a House Committee on Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing examining the issue.
AHA testimony before the House Committee on Ways and Means
Subcommittee on Health on Hearing on Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills
Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Todd Young, R-Ind., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Tom Carper, D-Del., today introduced legislation to address surprise medical bills.
Rick Pollack
President and CEO