Show threadDocdanoAug 4, 2025

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74% of voters want facility fees banned for outpatient services.

The patients have spoken. Time for policymakers to act.

What's your worst surprise medical bill story?
https://blog.rockettools.io/p/31afbb19-2bba-43ee-a190-94f87d343587/

#HealthcareReform #SurpriseBilling #FacilityFees

THE HIDDEN TAX ON HEALTHCARE: HOW FACILITY FEES ARE BANKRUPTING PATIENTS

You walk into the same doctor's office you've visited for ten years. Same building, same receptionist, same examination room. You pay your usual $15 copay and leave, thinking nothing has changed. Then the bill arrives. Suddenly, your routine visit that used to cost $60 now costs $563. Welcome to the

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Catherine Collingwood EstesAug 23, 2024
"The majority of [the] complaints were made against providers, #HospitalFacilities and #AirAmbulance ambulance services." #NoSurprisesAct #SurpriseBilling #GoodFaithEstimate #MedicalCosts https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/most-common-no-surprises-act-complaints-against-payers-providers.html?utm_campaign=bhr
Most common No Surprises Act complaints against payers, providers

CMS released a new report detailing complaints related to No Surprises Act and ACA compliance. 

U.S. Politics in Real TimeDec 2, 2023

$100 cap on ambulance rides – new recommendation would end surprise billing for patients

https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/100-cap-on-ambulance-rides-new-recommendation-would-end-surprise-billing-for-patients/

#AmbulanceRides #SurpriseBilling #Patients #Healthcare #MedicalCosts #Texas #Politics #News

$100 cap on ambulance rides – new recommendation would end surprise billing for patients

Every year, more than 3 million Americans are rushed to a hospital by an ambulance. For many, this unexpected ride can cost hundreds, if not thousands of dollars, out of pocket.

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Brittany TrangOct 2, 2023

There have been a lot of lawsuits over the anti-surprise billing arbitration process, but a new lawsuit from an air ambulance company against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona is for a newer reason:

They aren't arguing over the rates anymore; they just wanna get paid

https://www.statnews.com/2023/10/02/surprise-medical-bills-lawsuit/

#surprisebilling #IDR #BCBS #ambulance #healthinsurance #NoSurprisesAct

New lawsuit highlights another wrinkle for settling disputes over surprise medical bills

An air ambulance provider and an insurance company followed the process for arbitrating surprise medical bills. There were still issues, per a new lawsuit.

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Craig Joseph, MDMar 29, 2023
File this one under "surprising to no one yet we need evidence because . . . #science". This is not a simple administrative headache; poor payer physician directories lead to #SurpriseBilling and #MedicalDebt. Let's get some #informatics over here. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2802329
Consistency of Physician Data Across Health Insurer Directories

This study assesses the consistency of information across publicly available physician directories from 5 large national health insurers.

Show threadCory DoctorowDec 16, 2022

Think of how #Envision, a healthcare rollup, used the capital reserves of #KKR, its #PrivateEquity owner, to buy #EmergencyRooms and #ambulance services, elevating #SurpriseBilling to a grotesque art form. Their depravity knows no bounds: an unconscious, intubated woman with covid was needlessly flown 20 miles to another hospital, generating a $52k bill.

https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/14/unhealthy-finances/#steins-law

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