Mounting frustration with hospitals’ billing practices are stirring reform efforts in Congress, state legislatures and within the Biden administration. But not everyone agrees on where to start.
Why it matters: Some measures under discussion could cost hospitals hundreds of billions of dollars, by paring payments that critics say are excessive and costing taxpayers and patients.
Driving the news: States are increasingly passing laws to address “facility fees” that hospitals tack on for services provided to commercially insured patients in clinics they own, according to a recent report from the Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms.