265.995 Balance Billing – Benefits in Health System Reform:
MSSNY supports the position that the practice of Balance Billing is in the best interest of: (1) Patients who will assume personal responsibility for a portion of their health care cost, and (2) Physicians and other providers who will be able to bill for an appropriate fee, yet still be subject to being monitored for such billing, and (3) Payers, government or other, who will have reduced financial liability, thus reducing the cost to third party payers.
MSSNY endorses the position that health system reform proposals include a provision that patients be free to contract with physicians of their choice to obtain medical services regardless of the insurance reimbursement. (HOD 1994-218; Reaffirmed HOD 2014; Reaffirmed HOD 2024)
