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STAT+: The umpires getting rich off surprise medical bills, and MLB job lock

Nutrition · Words by Bob Herman · Released

We dig into trust, prices, and a bit of baseball in this week's Health Care Inc. newsletter.

STAT+: The umpires getting rich off surprise medical bills, and MLB job lock

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We’ve got a meaty edition here for you, coming off our annual STAT Summit. We’re also still grieving the loss of Helen Branswell (more below). You know where to find me: [email protected].

The arbitration cash station

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The No Surprises Act created an arbitration process to settle out-of-network bills between health insurers and providers. That process has become so lucrative for the arbitrators that decide winners and losers that some of them now have profit margins that would make tech giants blush, my colleague Tara Bannow reports in a new story.

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Source: Bob Herman · www.statnews.com

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