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Congressional Committee Investigates Private Equity Firms Over Surprise Medical Bills
Image courtesy of The Hill Congress has been looking for a culprit behind the current controversy over surprise medical billing. For the time being, radiologists are off the hook. Energy and Commerce Chair Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) and ranking member Greg Walden (R-Ore.) have targeted private equity firms invested in emergency transportation and doctor staffing companies.…
Read MoreThe Fight Against Medicare Pay Cuts for Radiologists
Recently, physician and U.S. House member, Greg Murphy, MD, R-N.C., introduced a bill to protect radiologists and other physicians from Medicare pay cuts. His proposal, the Preserving Seniors’ Access to Physicians Act, aims to counteract the 3.4% Medicare conversion factor cut that took effect at the beginning of the year. This bipartisan bill will be…
Read MoreTake Action Now: Medicare physician pay cuts are a no-go
This year healthcare providers are facing a grim reality – a 3.37 percent reduction to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Conversion Factor (CF). The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) confirmed this cut in the 2024 Medicare PFS final rule, and it went into effect on January 1st, 2024. This has major implications…
Read MoreThe House Ways and Means Committee Addresses Surprise Billing with No Surprises Act
On September 19, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to discuss the implementation of the No Surprises Act. The Act was passed to protect patients from surprise medical billing, but there are rising concerns that the federal government has not implemented it correctly. In this blog post, we will dive deeper into…
Read MoreThe PATIENT Act: Encouraging Transparency in Private Equity-Backed Physician Practices
For years, healthcare has been an industry shrouded in complexity and opacity, leaving patients and consumers perplexed and uninformed about the true cost of care. This lack of transparency pervades not only the insurance industry but also physician practices owned by hospitals, insurers, and the private equity or venture capital firms that operate them.…
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