UnitedHealthcare Guided Yale’s Groundbreaking Surprise Billing Study

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UnitedHealthcare Guided Yale’s Groundbreaking Surprise Billing Study

In 2016, an academic study from some of the most respected scholars in health care economics prompted a national outcry. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine by Yale University researchers, found that 22 percent of the time someone goes to an emergency room in a hospital covered by their insurance, they still receive costly bills after being treated by an out-of-network doctor. The practice, known as “surprise billing,” sa…