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MEDICAL BILLING NEWS
Keep abreast of news and information on medical billing and its impact on patients and consumers.
September, 2025
Delaware and New Jersey have state laws banning medical debt from being reported to credit agencies.
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
Data from the Urban Institute indicated roughly one in six Hoosiers had medical debt in collections in 2022.
- The Indiana Citizen
- Nasdaq
Providers are turning to the law’s arbitration process in droves to settle out-of-network claims, one factor fueling spending that could cost consumers down the line.
- HealthcareDive
Chloë Jones had eye surgery last fall to correct a condition that could have eventually interfered with her vision. With no specialist nearby who took her insurance, her insurer granted approval for her to see an out-of-network doctor. After the surgery, though, the company declined to pay most of the bill.
- KFF Health News
The company Natera offers a blood test to pregnant women that checks for fetal abnormalities. Natera offers what it calls a "prompt-pay cash price" for these tests.
- NPR
The Patients Deserve Price Tags Act would codify existing price transparency rules, push hospitals into compliance.
- Value Penguin
- WBBA
The cost of care is rising and you can expect to pay a facility fee even if your doctor's office is not on the main hospital campus
- CBS 12 News
A new report from Trilliant Health, a health care analytics company, shows how much prices for the same medical service can vary at different hospitals and surgery centers.
- USA Today
- The News-Gazette
The ambulance billing loophole parents need to know about
- Motherly
Medical debt is a problem complicated by aggressive collection practices, despite medical bills often riddled with mistakes.
- The National Desk / Spotlight on America
- Washington State Journal
- NBC Palm Springs
Imagine this: your newborn baby is rushed to the ER with severe burns -- but there's no burn unit, nor any ambulances available to get you to one. You try to drive, but the doctor doesn't let you. Instead, you're forced to take a $90,000 air ambulance for a 15-minute ride to the nearest hospital. And that's just the beginning.
- ABC 7 San Francisco
- Investopia
A new law in New Hampshire aims to protect people from racking up surprise bills during emergencies.
- WCAX
A new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research linked an increase in hospitals buying private practices to less competition and higher costs for patients.
- Independent
- Health Affairs
A late claim submission and missing policy details turned a small medical charge into a costly headache — until one determined woman turned things around.
- WFMY
A Chesterfield woman says she's reconsidering getting preventative medical care in the future after spending hours disputing a bill from Bon Secours Mercy Health for a cancer screening that she said her insurance already paid for.
- 6 News Richmond
Two U.S. senators have introduced legislation aiming to boost healthcare price transparency, and the penalties for persistent noncompliance outlined in the bill could significantly impact hospitals’ bottom lines.
- Becker's Hospital Review
More than half the hospitals in Pennsylvania aren’t complying with federal price transparency rules, according to a new report by the Pennsylvania Health Access Network.
-Altoona Mirror
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