Happening NOW: Energy & Commerce Committee hearing on Surprise Medical Bills

There's another Congressional healthcare hearing going on right now as well, this time in the House Energy & Commerce Committee; this one is on Surprise Billing:

HEARING ON “NO MORE SURPRISES: PROTECTING PATIENTS FROM SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLS”

The Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a legislative hearing on Wednesday, June 12, 2019, at 10 a.m. in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.  The hearing is entitled, “No More Surprises: Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills.”  

Key Documents

• Memorandum from Chairman Pallone to the Sucbommittee on Health
• Opening Statement of Chairman Pallone as prepared for delivery
• Opening Statement of Subcommittee Chairwoman Eshoo as prepared for delivery

Legislation:

• HR. __, the "No Surprises Act"

Witnesses:

• Sonji Wilkes, Patient Advocate (Testimony)

• Sherif Zaafran, MD, FASA, Chair, Physicians for Fair Coverage (Testimony)

• Rick Sherlock, President & CEO, Association of Air Medical Services (Testimony)

• James Gelfand, Senior Vice President, Health Policy, The ERISA Industry Committee (Testimony)

• Thomas Nickels, Executive Vice President, American Hospital Association (Testimony)

• Jeanette Thornton, Senior Vice President of Product, Employer, and Commercial Policy, America's Health Insurance Plans (Testimony)

• Claire McAndrew, Director of Campaigns and Partnerships, Families USA (Testimony)

• Vidor E. Friedman, MD, FACEP, President, American College of Emergency Physicians (Testimony)