Surprise Billing Links

House Education and Labor Clears; rival W&M bill
https://medcitynews.com/2020/02/proposal-to-tamp-down-surprise-billing-clears-house-committee/

Article on "clarity" issues, primarily affecting hospital labs

https://www.360dx.com/clinical-lab-management/labs-brace-potential-plusses-minuses-price-transparency-regulations?_ga=2.154009265.805548739.1581034459-1843693620.1551814236

JAMA on February 11 (see bottom of my June 18 2019 blog)
(FYI- also Resneck and Gaines/Berwick on Feb 3 on prior auth)

Surprise Billing / Atlantic Feb 11
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/02/surprise-bills-can-come-even-when-hospital-and-surgeon-network/606391/

Based on:
JAMA, Chhabra et al.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2760735?guestAccessKey=9774a0bf-c1e7-45a4-b2a0-32f41c6fde66&utm_source=For_The_Media&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ftm_links&utm_content=tfl&utm_term=021120

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2760735


Three views - Three Bills
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/3-surprise-billing-proposals-compared-side-by-side/572268/


When your doc is a lobbyist
https://medcitynews.com/2020/02/when-your-doctor-is-also-a-lobbyist-inside-the-war-over-surprise-medical-bills/

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US admin costs 4X Canada's
https://www.salon.com/2020/02/15/american-health-care-system-costs-four-times-more-than-canadas-single-payer-system/
About:  Himmelstein et al., Ann Intern Med, Jan 2020, https://annals.org/aim/article-abstract/2758511/health-care-administrative-costs-united-states-canada-2017