AHA, AMA sue over surprise billing arbitration process
The lawsuit challenges a narrow element of the rule implementing an arbitration process for out-of-network bills.
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The lawsuit challenges a narrow element of the rule implementing an arbitration process for out-of-network bills.
The American Medical Association (AMA) and American Hospital Association on Thursday sued the Biden administration over regulations to prevent patients from getting stuck with “surprise” medical bills, escalating a
Medicare spending on physician services totaled $82.9 billion in 2020, down from $95 billion the year prior, data shows.
Medicare physician fee spending fell $13.9 billion, or 14%, across all states and specialties amid pandemic; further cuts could hurt nation's doctors, says organization.
Hospital and provider groups are growing fearful that Congress won’t act to prevent billions in cuts to Medicare payments scheduled to start next year after lawmakers failed to deal with them in a government spending bill that lawmakers cleared yesterday.