The two private-equity backed companies own physician practices and staff emergency rooms across the country and oppose what it claims are, "insurance-industry backed proposals for government rate setting," to solve the problem of surprise medical bills.
The group, Doctor Patient Unity, has spent more than $28 million on television,...National News
On Monday, June 24, President Trump directed a slew of federal agencies to start working on several transparency issues, including forcing hospitals and payers to reveal privately negotiated rates. Providers will also be expected to provide patients with an estimate of their out-of-pocket costs before a procedure.
Elected in part...National News
Providers, employers and consumer groups have unified to fight surprise billing and lobby Congress into passing legislation that would ultimately protect patients from receiving surprise medical bills from out-of-network providers.
These bills are most commonly issued to patients who may have visited an emergency department that does...
The Arizona Department of Insurance wants to have new rules by the New Year to clarify the process for beneficiaries disputing out-of-network bills; comments on the proposed rules are due by September 30, 2018.
ADOI will also schedule a public hearing after the close of the comment period.
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