ACEP filed the lawsuit in federal court on May 12 and the legal process could take several months. Funding for the legal complaint and early stages of this litigation has been underwritten by the Emergency Medicine Action Fund.
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ACEP Now: Vol 35 – No 05 – May 2016“ACEP will never be able to match the enormous war chest that insurance companies have devoted to their efforts to lower reimbursement for emergency services and increase their profits,” Dr. Bettinger said. “But ACEP will never back down from our efforts to protect the specialty of emergency medicine and protect the safety net of medical care that Americans have come to depend on. “
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2 Responses to “ACEP Sues Federal Government Over Health Insurer Billing Practices”
May 21, 2016
Doc AIt’s about time this toothless tiger ACEP get some dental implants and play hard ball. Now ACEP needs to get some claws and sue for EMTALA which force us to see patients without fair payment. That is slavery.
May 21, 2016
JmitchWay to go, ACEP! Let’s go after the rapacious, non-deserving, fee-for-no-service, profit-at-any-cost health insurers!!