McCaskill launches inquiry into allegations of ER overbilling

Prompted by reports of “skyrocketing” emergency care costs, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., launched an inquiry into Envision Health and its subsidiary, EmCare Holdings Inc. In a letter dated Sept. 20, McCaskill said she launched the inquiry after a Yale University study found “notable changes” in patient care and billing in 16 hospital emergency departments after the physician staffing and management company got involved. That included a 70 percent increase in out-of-network billing rates…
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