NEW YORK (360Dx) – While Congress appears unlikely to pass federal surprise billing legislation by the end of the year, the issue may become a focus for legislators, both on the federal as well as state level, in 2020.
Although laboratory services have not been at the forefront of the surprise billing discussion, they could see significant impacts from legislation, suggested Erin Duffy, a healthcare policy analyst at the University of Southern California's Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics.