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Action for Health
@A4Horg
National nonprofit advocacy organization working to ensure fair outcomes for critical #healthcare issues. Our work in the states @statecarenet.
Feb 22, 2023 • 5 tweets • 19 min read
📰 TOP-ED | Terrific, timely, & much-needed @WSJopinion piece from @SenatorLankford & @DrBrian4Health.

"This #legislation would put patient choice back into #hospital markets by allowing #doctors to build efficient businesses & better serve #patients."

wsj.com/articles/end-o… #POH #competition #healthcare #medicine #law #Congress #Oklahoma #Texas #ACA #regulation #policy #freemarket #health #media #physicianled

@DoctorJesseMD
@RogerMarshallMD
@SenBillCassidy
@SenJohnBarrasso
@SenThomTillis
@ToddYoungIN
@TomCottonAR
@JohnBoozman
Jan 31, 2023 • 8 tweets • 30 min read
NEW: Many congratulations to @texmed, @AdamCorley, & @TxRadSociety on launching their *fourth* #NoSurprisesAct #lawsuit against @HHSGov, @CMSGov, @USTreasury, & @USDOL.

This filing challenges the government's decision to impose a 600% increase in administrative #IDR...

(1/2) ...fees and the requirement to batch by the same #CPT code.

⏰ Time is running out, and #regulators must be compelled to stand up and operate a fully-functioning, fair, accessible, & *timely* IDR process, just like the law prescribed.

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#NSA #fixitnow #badreg #IDRE
Sep 19, 2022 • 13 tweets • 54 min read
🚨 NEW PAPER: Our President Christopher Sheeron is honored to be one of the contributing #healthcare experts for @Free2CareHC's new position paper, which was issued today!

Pgs. 59-61 provide the latest on the #NoSurprisesAct and #SMB.

Read here! ➡️ free2care.org/files/report.p… #Free2Care #coalition #patients #physicians #hospitals #medtwitter #policy #medicine #health #politics #Congress #Biden #HHS #CMS #study #research #patientsdeservebetter

@SecBecerra
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@WHCOS
@RonaldKlain
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@lovenheim
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@HHSGov
@CMSGov
Jan 20, 2022 • 19 tweets • 55 min read
⚖️ LEGAL LOOKOUT 1: We’ve read with interest the amicus brief below filed by 24 health policy experts in the @texmed v. @HHSGov lawsuit, as we filed one, too.

Without any further digging, though, we can see off the bat that a majority of the so-called experts who signed

(1/8) ImageImageImage onto this brief are funded by the #insurance industry.

We respect and cherish the fact that everyone party to a significant #policy debate like this one over #regulatory implementation of the #NoSurprisesAct has a voice.

But, a question to @RonaldKlain, @SecBecerra, and

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Aug 13, 2021 • 17 tweets • 54 min read
We issued the following statement this a.m. on the @UHC-@zackcooperYale-@Yale #surprisemedicalbill "research" scandal.

Read here ➡️ conta.cc/3lZWcjP

To ensure that forthcoming #NoSurprisesAct regs are implemented fairly and to protect #patients nationwide, we will... ...continue to shine a bright light on this trickery.

According to our President Christopher Sheeron, "We have long believed that this #Yale study, and several others that have shaped this debate over the past several years, was blatantly concocted out of the public eye by...
Aug 11, 2021 • 19 tweets • 60 min read
⚠️ GROSS COI REVEALED: In an extraordinary and fantastically written investigative report, @theintercept's @rose_n_adams unveils how @UHC co-opted @zackcooperYale's #surprisemedicalbill study, all while #Congress embraced it as "academic" and "unbiased" work to write #SMB law. 1⃣ This lays bare how #UnitedHealth has manipulated #surprisebill "research" to enrich itself at the expense of all #patients and the frontline #medical providers risking their lives over the past few years of #Covid.

2⃣ The study was foundational in the #SMB debate, and...
Jun 25, 2021 • 11 tweets • 40 min read
MUST READ: *Terrific* letter to @SecBecerra, @SecYellen, and @SecMartyWalsh signed by 97 Members of Congress and spearheaded by @RepTomSuozzi and @RepBradWenstrup.

They urge @HHSGov, @USTreasury, and @USDOL to not only reflect congressional...

➡️ hanys.org/communications… ...intent in their rulemaking by ensuring a balanced process to settle payment disputes between #health plans and providers, but also ensure an #IDR process that captures the unique circumstances of each billing dispute and does not cause any single piece of information to be...
Oct 7, 2020 • 12 tweets • 30 min read
The only way to solve #surprisemedicalbills is with a #fairIDR. But we need to get to the crux of this #SMB issue.

☑️ Everyone agrees to take #patients out of the dispute b/w #insurer & #doctor.
☑️ Everyone agrees to let the 2 parties negotiate the bills if the initial...

1/6 payment is deemed to be unacceptable.
☑️ Everyone agrees that there must be a fall back to a neutral third party (i.e., an #IDR entity).

⭐️BUT, what is disputed is whether this IDR will be a fair process where both sides can equally make their case for what is the most...

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Jul 24, 2020 • 4 tweets • 14 min read
📰 Terrific study out this week from @ndpanalytics showing the impact of #Covid_19 on independent #medical practices.

The findings are *staggering*.💥

They not only explain why gov't needs to provide immediate financial #relief to these practices, 1/4 bit.ly/3jASNUZ but also underscore how important it is that we find the right fix for #surprisemedicalbills. #healthcare #health #coronavirus #medtwitter #GetOffTheBench #pandemic #patients #physician

@Free2CareHC @DavidBalatHC @PPA_USA @mass_marion @drdanchoi @drcraigwax @Reese_Tassey 2/4