Coverage

“Surprise” Gaps in Health Insurance Coverage Need Solutions

ACEP & MAG Applaud Court’s Decision to Revive Lawsuit Forcing Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia to Rescind Its ER Claims Policy

ACEP Board To Consider Further Legal Recourse Against Insurance Companies

ACEP Challenges Use of Data From an Organization Sponsored by Health Insurance Companies

ACEP Condemns UnitedHealthcare’s New Policy to Retroactively Deny Emergency Care

ACEP Outlines Top Priorities for Replacing ACA, Following President Trump’s Speech to the Nation

ACEP Presents Framework To Protect Emergency Patients From Out-Of-Network Billing Issues

ACEP Supports “Protecting People From Surprise Medical Bills Act”

ACEP to Congress: Take Patients Out of the Middle, Prevent Surprise Bills

ACEP Turns Up Criticism of Anthem’s Emergency Care Policy With a New Video Campaign

Alaska’s Emergency Care Network At Risk if Bill Passes, Emergency Physicians Say

Americans Want Insurance Companies to Take More Responsibility for Surprise Bills

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Policy in Indiana Violates Federal Law, Puts Patients At Risk

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Policy in New Hampshire Puts Patients At Risk

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Policy In Ohio Puts Patients At Risk

Blue Cross & Blue Shield Policy in Mississippi Puts Patients At Risk

Changes to Anthem’s Emergency Care Policy in Missouri Still Put Patients At Risk

District Court Finds Government "All But Ignored" Calls For Insurer Payment Transparency

Emergency Health Care Coverage

Emergency Physicians Dismayed by Trump Administration's New Medicaid Block Grant Approach

Emergency Physicians Support Bipartisan Legislation on Consumer Protections

Emergency Physicians: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Policy Violates Federal Law

Emergency Physicians: Georgia Blue Cross Blue Shield Policy Violates Federal Law

Emergency Physicians: White House Principles Must Go Further to Protect Patients from Surprise Bills

EMTALA: The Foundation of America's Emergency Care Safety Net

ER 101

Florida Sides With Big Insurance, Not Patients, in Deal with the Health Care Cost Institute

Framework for Protecting Patients When Emergency Care is Out-of-Network

Health Care Legislation Must Guarantee Coverage for Emergency Patients

Health Care Legislation Must Include Coverage for Emergency Medical Care

Health Insurers Refuse to Cover ER Visit

Health Leaders to Nation’s Largest Private Insurer: Abandon Dangerous Policy to Deny Coverage for Emergency Care

Insurers Keep Physicians Out-of-Network While Shifting Costs to Patients

Medicaid Expansion States Saw ER Visits Go Up, Uninsured ER Visits Go Down

Nation's Emergency Physicians Urge Congress To Vote "No" on American Health Care Act

Nation’s Emergency Physicians: Senate’s Alternative to Affordable Care Act Is a Huge Disappointment

Nation’s Emergency Physicians: Senate’s Alternative to Affordable Care Act Is a Huge Disappointment

New Poll Finds Adults are Unaware That Insurers Must Cover Emergency Services

One in Six Patients Could be Denied Insurance Coverage in an Emergency if Anthem Policy Continues to Spread, New Study Shows

Patients Want Insurance Companies to Take More Responsibility for Surprise Bills, Poll Finds

Physician Groups Take Legal Action Against Anthem’s Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia

Physician Groups: Price Transparency Must Include Health Insurers

Providers to Congress: Protect Patients from Surprise Bills Without Compromising Access to Care

Public Overwhelmingly Wants Insurance Companies to Cover Emergency Care and to Be Transparent

Public Poll: Emergency Care Is The Most Essential Health Benefit To Cover

Small Emergency Physician Groups Urge Congress to Consider Unintentional Consequences of Surprise Billing Proposals

Surprise Medical Bills