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Testimony of Sophia Tripoli Before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee “Health Care Spending in the United States: Unsustainable for Patients, Employers, and Taxpayers” Hearing
Hearing Highlights Hearing Playlist In this January 31 testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, Sophia Tripoli, Senior Director of Health Policy at Families USA, dis...
View MoreFamilies USA Comment on Discrimination on HHS’s Proposed Rule: Basis of Disability in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities
Families USA submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on their proposed rule “Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Health and Human Service Programs or Activit...
View MoreSophia Tripoli Testimony To The PA Office Of Attorney General on the Proposed Merger Of Washington Health Care Services, Inc., Into The University Of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Sophia Tripoli, Senior Director of Health Policy at Families USA, submitted testimony to the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General in advance of their public hearing on January 18, 2024 on the propo...
View MoreFamilies USA’s Comments On Notice Of Benefit And Payment Parameters For 2025
The “notice of benefit and payment parameters” is a federal rule, issued annually, that updates parameters for health plans operating in the federal and state marketplaces, and can make changes in...
View MoreLeading Coalitions Urge the Senate to Act on Health Care Affordability
The Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing coalition and the Consumers First alliance, two coalitions made up of leading organizations representing families, workers, primary care clinicians, employers, ...
View MoreFamilies USA Comments on “21st Century Cures Act: Establishment of Disincentives for Health Care Providers That Have Committees Information Blocking” Proposed Rule
Families USA submitted comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on their proposed rule to establish disincentives for certain providers who participate in the practice of health infor...
View MoreFamilies USA and 10 undersigned organizations Comment On “Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations” Proposed Rule
Families USA and ten undersigned organizations submitted comments to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services on their proposed rule regarding Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations. T...
View MoreKey Recommendations for Continued Equity Improvements, FY2025 IPPS Proposed Rule, IQR Program
Hospitals are essential to the U.S. health care system and have a critical responsibility to drive improvements in health equity and must be held accountable for driving those improvements and reversi...
View MoreFamilies USA Stakeholder Letter to the House in Support of Lower Costs More Transparency Act
In America today, our healthcare system is burdening families with insurmountable challenges. The current payment model incentivizes expensive treatments while neglecting the fundamental aspect of qua...
View MoreLetter to Congress on Advancing Bipartisan Same Service Same Price Proposals
Consumers First and Consumers for Fair Hospital Pricing sent a new letter to Congressional leadership urging the 118th Congress to act now to remedy some of the most obvious health system failings by ...
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