$850K in expenses

Promoted awareness of issues related to medical "surprise billing, and the negative impacts on health care value and price.

$597K in expenses

Families USA action actively supports the implementation of site-neutral payment policies as ameans to lower health care costs by ensuring that the same services receive the same reimbursement rate, regardless of the care setting. This policy aims to reduce patient costsand improve the value of care by eliminating higher fees often charged by hospital outpatient departments for services also provided in less expensive physician offices or ambulatory surgery centers. Families USA action advocates for site-neutral payments as acommon-sense, bipartisan reform that benefits working families and strengthens the healthcare market by addressing incentives that drive up costs.