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Balance Billing Call to Action

The WSMA opposes efforts to set emergency care reimbursement in statute and ban balance billing of patients.

   

As of Tuesday, February 2, two bills are "in play" - SB 6532 and HB 2779 - that will impact physicians providing emergency care in the hospital.  Under these measures, physicians providing emergency care in a hospital who are not a participating provider with the patient's insurer will only receive as compensation the greater of:

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