Ed & Labor Surprise Billing Markup Held Up By Payment Disputes, ERISA

House Education & Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) said that his committee is sorting out technical issues to ensure its surprise billing fix applies to ERISA as well as all other forms of health coverage, and that the committee is also stuck on whether to use a benchmark payment rate or arbitration as the policy fix. Scott expects to introduce and mark up surprise billing legislation either immediately before or after the October recess, even though the committee was...