Category Archives: Costs
Analysis of Surprise Billing Deal, SCOTUS Decides PBM Case & More
Congress Working Hard, Lame-Duck Letters, Vaccine Update, Biden HHS Secretary
ERIC Win: Ohio Senate Committee Passes Surprise Billing Bill
States Should Act Now to Protect Patients from Surprise Billing
ERIC created a one-page policy paper that outlines two simple steps that states can take to eliminate most surprise medical bills, without increasing health care costs for patients, and without causing financial instability to providers.
Ohio Senate Committee Hears Surprise Billing Legislation
The Ohio Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions Committee heard for a second time HB 388, which relates to Out-of-Network Health Care. ERIC first showed its support of the bill back in November 2019. The bill has since been passed by the full House and is now in its first Committee in the Senate.
Vaccine Update, INPUT NEEDED on Hill Proposals, Capitol Hill Letters, Stark/Anti-kickback Rules, PCORI Fee, Diabetes White Paper
Third Thursday Health Care Call Today, LHCCA Sign-On Request, December Webinars, Rebate Rule Revival
ERIC Litigation Update: Seattle Health Care Mandate
ERIC Win: Michigan Governor Approves Surprise Billing Legislation
Governor Whitmer signed HB 4459, which will now ban balance billing for out-of-network services that are delivered at in-network facilities, as well as in emergency rooms, and specifies that providers will be reimbursed based on the average negotiated in-network rate in that region, or 150 percent of Medicare rates.