Alexander Says Congress Set To End Surprise Medical Billing Sunday, December 20, 2020 Senate health committee Chairman Lamar Alexander on Sunday said Congress is set to end the practice of surprise medical billing after it was announced that a bipartisan proposal to hold patients harmless from surprise bills and resolve payment disputes between providers and insurers will be included in broader government funding legislation that Congress will consider this week.
“It is time for Congress to make sure that patients don’t receive a surprise bill when they seek medical treatment,” Senator Alexander said. “Typically, one of five patients who go to an emergency room receives a surprise bill weeks later. This practice has been especially damaging during COVID-19 when patients receive large unexpected bills weeks after they go to the emergency room. There will never be a broader bipartisan, bicameral solution to ending surprise medical billing and we should deal with it n
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Lamar Alexander reports Senate to vote on Higher Education Bill
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Senate and House Education Committee Leaders Announce Funding Bill Will Simplify FAFSA, Forgive Debt for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Restore Pell Grants for Incarcerated Students
Washington, D.C. – Senate Education Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-Va.) today announced that important bipartisan higher education proposals will be included in broader government funding legislation that the Senate will consider this week.
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As members of Congress negotiate an end of year agreement on Fiscal Year 2021 federal spending and a potential COVID-19 relief package, there is a strong potential that surprise billing legislation may also be included. On Friday, December 11, 2020, the bipartisan, bicameral leaders of the four health committees of jurisdiction announced they had reached a deal, releasing legislative text and a section-by-section summary.
The agreement reached by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) and Ranking Member Greg Walden (R-OR); House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX); House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA) and Ranking Member Virginia Foxx (R-NC); and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) would:
House and Senate leaders announced that an agreement had been reached on the No Surprises Act, which establishes a mediation framework for providers and payers to resolve payment disputes.
The American Hospital Association is offering qualified support for bipartisan, bicameral legislation in Congress that would protect patients from surprise medical bills.
House and Senate committee leaders announced that an agreement had been reached on the
No Surprises Act, which also establishes a mediation framework for providers and payers to resolve payment disputes. Under this agreement, the days of patients receiving devastating surprise out-of-network medical bills will be over, House and Senate leaders said in a
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