Senate Health Draft Offers Three Options To Address Surprise Billing

The Senate health committee’s bipartisan legislative proposal would hold patients harmless for surprise bills and lays out three possible reimbursement options for those situations: benchmark rates that are similar to the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s solution; an “in-network guarantee” that is supported by employers; and an arbitration option, which hospitals and providers have backed. The committee is taking comments on the draft, developed by Chair Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and ranking Democrat Patty Murray (WA) until 5 p.m. June 5...