Surprise Billing Compromise Could Soon Pass Congress
email article WASHINGTON -- As Congress rushes to get out of town before the Christmas and New Year's holidays, some legislators are hoping that a compromise bill on surprise billing will be passed before they leave. The House and Senate have long dithered over the best way to solve the problem of surprise billing, which occurs when a patient who thought he or she was receiving services inside their insurance plan's network gets a "surprise bill" for services rendered by out-of-network providers. This can happen when, for example, a surgeon at an in-network hospital is out-of-network,...
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