Cassidy: House Arbitration Backstop Plan Could Cause Inflated Premiums

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) said that the arbitration backstop plan the House added to its surprise billing policy could lead to artificially inflated rates, and he is lobbying the Senate to add a different arbitration approach to its surprise billing measure. While the House bill does not allow providers and payers to move to arbitration unless ​the median in-network rate for a single charge reaches $1,250, Cassidy wants providers and issuers to be able to string together multiple charges to...