AFFHP Pushes for Price Transparency, Site Neutral Payments, and Anti-Consolidation Measures in Hill Campaign

The Alliance for Fair Health Pricing is pushing hard for price transparency, site neutral payments, and limits on consolidation in ads and letters to the Hill:

• AFFHP Letter to Congress — Protect Patients Now is the Time to Lower Health Care Prices (PDF)
• AFFHP to Senate — Support Physicians; Advance Site Neutral Payment and Billing Transparency Reforms (PDF)
• AFFHP Open Letter Urges Senate to Stand up for Employers; Address Hospital Consolidation (PDF)

Following  are examples of the ads running in POLITICO Pro’s Pulse this week:

A message from the Alliance for Fair Health Pricing:

Hospital consolidation is driving up the cost of care for patients, pushing many to the brink of financial insecurity. It’s not just a financial issue. Consolidation has left patients with fewer choices and less access to services, especially in rural and low-income areas.

Congress: Patients, employers, and physicians agree—the current system is unsustainable. We urge you to pass legislation that will increase transparency and curb unfair billing practices, including by:

• Codifying hospital and insurer price transparency requirements to promote competition
• Establishing site-of-service billing transparency to prevent patients from being overcharged for care depending on the settings
• Advancing site-neutral payment reform to ensure patients pay the same price for the same services regardless of where they receive them.

Congress: families are counting on you to make good on your promises to lower health care costs this legislative year. On behalf of America’s patients, it’s time to finish the job. Learn more.