AXIOS July 26, 2023
Mounting frustration with hospitals’ billing practices are stirring reform efforts in Congress, state legislatures and within the Biden administration. But not everyone agrees on where to start.
Why it matters: Some measures under discussion could cost hospitals hundreds of billions of dollars, by paring payments that critics say are excessive and costing taxpayers and patients.
Driving the news: States are increasingly passing laws to address “facility fees” that hospitals tack on for services provided to commercially insured patients in clinics they own, according to a recent report from the Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms.
- Changes to Medicare hospital billing rules have also emerged as a potential rallying point, despite Congress’ deep partisan divisions and the public blowback...
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