Letter to CMS Administrator Brooks-LaSure on Surprise Medical Billing Law Implementation (PDF)

7/2/2021

is defined as the median contracted rate recognized by a health plan for a service in a geographic area … to Determine QPA Median Contracted Rate As mentioned above, the median contracted rate, as defined … by the No Surprises Act, should be calculated using rates from the same market or geographic area. However …

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Testimony in Support of H.1196 and S.673, An Act Ensuring Access to Full Spectrum Pregnancy Care Before the Joint Committee on Financial Services (PDF)

7/2/2021

), while Massachusetts had the lowest infant mortality rate (IMR) of 3.6 deaths per thousand live … the statewide average and above the 5.0 target Healthy People 2030 goal rate set by the U.S. Department … of Health and Human Services. In fact, rates of infant mortality among Black infants (9.5) were more …

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Testimony in Support of H.1101 and S.678, Ac Act Relative to Telehealth and Digital Equity for Patients Before the Joint Committee on Financial Services (PDF)

7/2/2021

utilization surged during the COVID-19 pandemic; current utilization rates, alongside high rates of physician …

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Testimony in Support of H.1197 and S.680, An Act Relative to Out-of-Network Billing Before the Joint Committee on Financial Services (PDF)

7/2/2021

an independent dispute resolution (IDR) process to determine the reimbursement rate. Critically …, the impartial arbitrators in the IDR process are not permitted to consider usual and customary rates … or billed charges in their determination of the reimbursement rate, nor can they consider payment rates …

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Testimony in Support of H.1196 and S.673, An Act Ensuring Access to Full Spectrum Pregnancy Care Before the Joint Committee on Financial Services

7/1/2021

Massachusetts had the lowest infant mortality rate (IMR) of 3.6 deaths per thousand live births in 2019 … target Healthy People 2030 goal rate set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In fact …, rates of infant mortality among Black infants (9.5) were more than two times that of whites, while …

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Testimony in Support of H.1197 and S.680, An Act Relative to Out-of-Network Billing Before the Joint Committee on Financial Services

7/1/2021

dispute resolution (IDR) process to determine the reimbursement rate. Critically, the impartial … arbitrators in the IDR process are not permitted to consider usual and customary rates or billed charges … in their determination of the reimbursement rate, nor can they consider payment rates of public payors, including …

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Testimony in Support of H.1101 and S.678, Ac Act Relative to Telehealth and Digital Equity for Patients Before the Joint Committee on Financial Services

7/1/2021

the COVID-19 pandemic; current utilization rates, alongside high rates of physician and patient satisfaction …

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Comments Regarding Out-of-Network Billing

6/30/2021

) process to determine the reimbursement rate. Critically, the impartial arbitrators in the IDR process … are not permitted to consider usual and customary rates or billed charges in their determination … of the reimbursement rate, nor can they consider payment rates of public payors, including Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP …

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Committee on Global Health - June 30, 2021

6/30/2021

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Testimony in Support of H.1247 and S.782, An Act to Ensure More Affordable Care Before the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

6/29/2021

from $75 to $300 according to the estimates depending on the type of plan. Despite high rates …

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