ACP Comment Letter to the Senate HELP Committee Regarding the Revised Surprise Medical Billing Provisions of the Lower Health Care Costs Act, S. 1895

ACP sends a comment letter to the Senate HELP Committee regarding the revised surprise medical billing provisions of the Lower Health Care Costs Act, S. 1895.

Sen. Lamar Alexander; Sen. Patty Murray; U.S. Senate; Senate; Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions; HELP Committee; Senate HELP Committee; Lower Health Care Costs Act of 2019; S. 1895; LHCC Act; bipartisan discussion draft; Surprise medical bills; balance billing; surprise billing; emergency care; out-of-network; in-network; cost-sharing; emergency situations; non-emergency care; Improving Health Care Efficacy and Efficiency Through Increased Transparency; health care costs; physician fee; health plans; health insurers; out-of-pocket; dispute resolution process; network; independent dispute resolution; baseball style; physician payment; informed consent; hold harmless; patient; economic impact; network adequacy; benchmark; median in-network rate; benchmark standard; arbitration; All payer claims database; APCD; APCDs.

Fri, 06/21/2019 - 3:59 PM EDT

Mon, 06/24/2019 - 9:28 AM EDT

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