Surprise billing price controls decreasing care quality in California

RevCycle Intelligence

Researchers at the Pacific Research Institute are warning Congressmembers to steer clear from price controls as a solution for surprise billing after finding that the policy approach had unintended consequences in California. In a new brief, researchers found that California’s surprise billing solution — which imposes benchmark prices on out-of-network services delivered at an in-network facility — narrowed provider networks for patients and incented further provider consolidation in the state.

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