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Lamar Alexander reports Congress Set to End Surprise Medical Billing
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Washington, D.C. – Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today said Congress is set to end the practice of surprise medical billing after it was announced that a bipartisan proposal to hold patients harmless from surprise bills and resolve payment disputes between providers and insurers will be included in broader government funding legislation that Congress will consider this week.
“It is time for Congress to make sure that patients don’t receive a surprise bill when they seek medical treatment,” Senator Alexander said. “Typically, one of five patients who go to an emergency room receives a surprise bill weeks later.”
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WASHINGTON Most healthcare groups are pleased with the COVID-19 stimulus bill passed in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, although some advocates say more help is needed. The government spending and coronavirus relief package passed by Congress late last night contains numerous provisions . important to medical group practices, Anders Gilberg, senior vice president for government affairs at the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), said in a statement. The $3 billion injection into the Medicare physician fee schedule will mitigate MGMA-opposed payment cuts to many physician specialties set to begin on Jan. 1. The final surprise billing compromise, which includes arbitration and prohibits consideration of government-set rates to resolve payment disputes, is a welcome improvement over previous proposals.
Alexander Says Congress Set To End Surprise Medical Billing Sunday, December 20, 2020 Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander on Sunday said Congress is set to end the practice of surprise medical billing after it was announced that a bipartisan proposal to hold patients harmless from surprise bills and resolve payment disputes between providers and insurers will be included in broader government funding legislation that Congress will consider this week.
“It is time for Congress to make sure that patients don’t receive a surprise bill when they seek medical treatment,” Senator Alexander said. “Typically, one of five patients who go to an emergency room receives a surprise bill weeks later. This practice has been especially damaging during COVID-19 when patients receive large unexpected bills weeks after they go to the emergency room. There will never be a broader bipartisan, bicameral solution to ending surprise medical billing and we should deal with it n