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Mashup Score: 2Putting Surprise Billing Protections into Practice: Biden Administration Releases First Set of Regulations - 3 year(s) ago
Starting Jan. 1, 2022, the No Surprises Act will protect consumers who inadvertently or unknowingly use out-of-network health providers, including air ambulance emergency services, from being billed for anything beyond in-network costs.
Source: www.commonwealthfund.orgCategories: Latest Headlines, PayerTweet
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Mashup Score: 2Putting Surprise Billing Protections into Practice: Biden Administration Releases First Set of Regulations - 3 year(s) ago
Starting Jan. 1, 2022, the No Surprises Act will protect consumers who inadvertently or unknowingly use out-of-network health providers, including air ambulance emergency services, from being billed for anything beyond in-network costs.
Source: www.commonwealthfund.orgCategories: Latest Headlines, PayerTweet
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Mashup Score: 0A ban on surprise bills is just a Band-Aid - MedCity News - 3 year(s) ago
Until Medicare and commercial insurers link the reimbursement they pay providers to the things that matter to us as consumers and citizens, we will continue to have a dysfunctional system that abides appalling practices like surprise billing, and continue to spend time on band-aids like this interim final rule instead of fixing the real problem.
Source: MedCity NewsCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0
Congress finally reached an agreement on a $900 billion stimulus package, which includes a ban on surprise medical billing. A previous, but very similar version of the bill, raised concerns among providers and payers.
Source: MedCity NewsCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0
Cedar, a startup developing billing software for health systems and physician groups, raised $77 million in venture capital and $25 million in debt.
Source: MedCity NewsCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1
Beyond the physical and clinical aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic are financial hits that people are taking in the shutdown of large parts of the U.S. economy, impacting jobs, wages, and health insurance rolls. Some 1 in 2 people in the U.S. who have had their income impacted by the coronavirus have either fallen behind in paying off credit card debt or other bills, had problems paying for…
Source: HealthPopuli.comCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 7Crushed By A Hospital Bill? Stand Up For Yourself - 4 year(s) ago
Most hospitals must offer free or reduced-cost care to certain patients, based on income, even if they have insurance. But some hospitals erect barriers to charity care, so it’s up to patients to a…
Source: Kaiser Health NewsCategories: General Medicine NewsTweet
A law that will protect consumers from unexpected #MedicalBills is set to take effect in 2022. @GtownCHIR’s Jack Hoadley and Kevin Lucia dig into why this matters and what it means for health care costs in the U.S. https://t.co/JPyuEhsi0r