Surprise Billing Battle Still Hot Over Summer Break

The August recess has provided congressional staffers no reprieve from the onslaught of lobbying over surprise billing legislation as stakeholders continue to make their case for and against bills that set benchmark rates, which moved through House and Senate committees prior to the break. Recently, a pair of state medical societies teamed up with the Physicians Advocacy Institute and other providers to push back on the what they see as misinformation coming from the insurance industry about the factors behind...