Medical Billing Fairness Act of 2019

United States116th CongressS-1607Senate
Updated: May 22, 2019

Summary

Medical Billing Fairness Act of 2019 This bill requires hospitals, as a condition of Medicare participation, to (1) allow in-network patients, when scheduling a nonemergency procedure, to request only in-network treatment; and (2) if in-network treatment is not available, pay for any additional costs to the patient or the patient's insurer.

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Timeline

  1. Introduced in Senate

  2. Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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