Stakeholders War Over Surprise Billing In Lead-Up To Senate Markup

Several stakeholder groups are pushing the Senate health committee to change the committee’s methodology or payment rate for out-of-network bills in the lead-up to the markup of the legislation. A group of employers argues for a lower benchmark payment rate, the American Medical Association asked the committee to include an independent dispute resolution process and a coalition led by Families USA praised the committee for addressing the problem in a way that doesn’t inflate prices. The letters, all sent on...