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108 Geo. L.J. 1655 (2019-2020)
Surprise Medical Bills: How to Protect Patients and Make Care More Affordable

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Surprise Medical Bills: How to Protect Patients and
Make Care More Affordable


DAVID A. HYMAN,* BENEDIC IPPOLITO** & CHARLES SLVER***


                           TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION.  ..................................................... 1656

  I. SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLS 101 ............................. 1657

      A. ANECDOTES     ............................................. 1657

      B. HOW  COMMON  IS SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLING?.................. 1658

      C. ECONOMICS OF SURPRISE MEDICAL BILLS ...................... 1661

 II. REFORMS ..     ................................................... 1664

      A. STATE-LEVEL INITIATIVES   .................................. 1664

          1. The Independent-Dispute-Resolution (IDR) Approach ..   1665

          2. The Rate-Setting Approach ....................... 1667

          3. The Pay-Up  Approach........................... 1669

          4. The Transparency Approach  ...................... 1669

          5. NAIC  Model  Act-Approach  ......................      1670

          6. Limitations of State-Based Approaches ..............   1670

      B. FEDERAL INITIATIVES.    ..................................... 1671

III. PROTECTING PATIENTS AND MAKING CARE MORE  AFFORDABLE........ ..1673

      A. WHAT  SHOULD WE DO ABOUT SURPRISE BILLS? ................. 1673

      B. MOVING  BEYOND THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM ...................   1676

CONCLUSION        ...................................................... 1677




  * Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Health Law & Policy, Georgetown University Law Center. 0 2020,
David A. Hyman, Benedic Ippolito & Charles Silver.
  ** Resident Scholar in Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute.
  *** Roy W. and Eugenia C. McDonald Endowed Chair in Civil Procedure, University of Texas at
Austin School of Law.


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