E&C Draft Surprise Billing Proposal Sets Benchmark Payment Rate

The House Energy & Commerce Committee released a draft bipartisan proposal to tackle surprise medical billing that ties a benchmark payment rate for out-of-network services to the average in-network rate for that geographic area -- a move opposed by hospitals and providers, who don’t like rate setting. The draft bill doesn’t include arbitration , an idea pushed by some in the Senate but opposed by the White House. The legislation, known as The No Surprises Act and released to stakeholders...