Healthcare DIVE June 12, 2019
Rebecca Pifer

Dive Brief:

  • Bipartisan members of Congress condemned the healthcare industry’s failure to address surprise billing at a House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing Wednesday, warning that if the private sector doesn’t take action, the government will intervene.
  • “If you don’t solve the problem, then we will solve the problem and none of you will like it,” ranking member Michael Burgess, R-Texas, said.
  • Payer and provider representatives spent the hearing sparring over the best way to stop surprise bills, with America’s Health Insurance Plans and the ERISA Industry Committee stumping for rate setting and the American Hospital Association, American College of Emergency Physicians and Physicians for Fair Coverage advocating for a third-party arbitration process.
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