Business Groups To Congress: Cap Rates For Out-Of-Network Services

A trio of business associations is gathering signatures on a list of guiding principles for surprise billing legislation that it will soon send to House Education & Labor Committee leadership in advance of an April 2 hearing on the issue, the first of its kind on Capitol Hill. The business groups call for a federal cap on rates for out-of-network emergency services, cost-sharing limits, price transparency and bundled payments, and they oppose binding arbitration. The ERISA Industry Committee, National Retail...