Emergency Docs Support Bill To Prevent Balance Billing
In an opinion piece, William Mallon, president of the California Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, writes that his organization supports a bill (SB 981) by Senate President Pro Tempore Don Perata (D-Oakland) that would ensure "reasonable payment for emergency services provided by out-of-network emergency physicians." He adds that the "calculated practice of chronic underpayments and non-payments by health plans created balance billing in the first place."
- "My View: There's Nothing Balanced About 'Balance Bills'" (Mallon, Sacramento Bee, 8/21).