Policy Making & Sausage The Balance Billing Saga Continues in 2021: Part 3 By Ed R. Marasco, MPM, CMTE, EMT-P (Ret.)* As you may recall, the No Surprises Act (NSA) was passed earlier this year and serves as a broader (beyond just medical transport) effort to address surprise and balance billing across the healthcare landscape. […]
Policy Making & Sausage The Balance Billing Saga Continues in 2021: Part 1 By Ed R. Marasco, MPM, CMTE, EMT-P (Ret.)* There is an old saying: “The two things you never want to know about how they are made… public policy and sausage.” The ingredients and process can be very alarming. On the other hand, […]
ALERT: Georgia Passes State Legislation on Surprise Medical Bills and Balance Billing by Adam Patterson, CADS As discussed in previous articles, “Surprise Medical Bills” and “Balance Billing” have been recent hot topics. The U.S. House and Senate leaders recently passed legislation that would alter commercial insurance billing practices nationally. Georgia became one of many states […]
ALERT: Proposed Legislation on Surprise Medical Bills and Balance Billing There has been a lot of talk about “Surprise Medical Bills” and “Balance Billing” in the news over the last few years. While the matter is a broader health care delivery issue, there has been a great deal of consternation about the impact of balanced […]
Surprise Medical Bills And Balance Billing Treat the Symptoms or the Virus? There has been a lot of talk about “Surprise Medical Bills” and “Balance Billing” in the news lately, but is this really the problem or might we be missing something? We’ll examine the causes behind this troubling trend and see if we can […]
Surprise Medical Bills And Balance Billing Check out the second post in our three-part series about Surprise Medical Bills and Balance Billing where we take a closer look at the problem and start to explore the solutions. Ed Marasco, MPM, CMTE, EMT-P (Ret.) is Vice President of Business Development at Quick Med Claims and a […]
Surprise Medical Bills And Balance Billing There’s has been a lot of talk about “Surprise Medical Bills” and “Balance Billing” in the news lately, but is this really the problem or might we be missing something? We’ll examine the causes behind this troubling trend and see if we can find a way forward for providers […]
Balance Billing Under the Microscope Growing Concern For some time now, there seems to be a swell of growing concern regarding the practice of balance billing and especially under the microscope is the ambulance industry- air- and ground-ambulance alike. In some cases, there has arisen an almost villainization of the practice that so many ambulance […]
New Virginia Law Shines Light on Ambulance Billing Backlash SB663 Driven by a larger nationwide discussion regarding balance or “surprise” billing, a new law enacted in Virginia and set to take effect in March of 2019 will force air ambulance providers to inform patients of their choices prior to the flight. Virginia Senator Jeremy McPike […]
Balance Billing and Air Medical Transport Part Two Welcome to Part Two of our blog series Balance Billing and Air Medical Transport. Last week, we looked at the historical aspect and defined the issue at hand. This week, we peer into the public perception, regulatory consequences, and make some suggestions on how to navigate the […]
