Fierce Health Payers June 21, 2019
Most of the solutions that are seriously being considered to solve the problem of surprise bills stand to hit providers and hospitals the hardest, according to a new report from Moody’s.
Figuring out how to prevent hospital-based providers from slapping patients with high out-of-network bills has been a central question in the surprise billing debate on Capitol Hill.
The problem is, most of the solutions that are seriously being considered stand to hit providers and hospitals the hardest—particularly those that treat a high percentage of out-of-network patients, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service.
That includes hospitals, physician staffing companies and laboratories as well as radiology and other ancillary provider companies. Some of the proposals could also impact...