Monitor Mondays

News reports have been circulating of late about proposed state and federal legislation targeting healthcare “surprise” balance billing.Reporting our lead story during this edition of Monitor Mondays will be Matthew Albright, chief legislative affairs officer for Zelis. The former Director of the Administrative Simplification Group for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Albright will also report on drug rebate discussions and how those discussions are being impacted by broader reform proposals such as Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) stabilization, outright repeal, and Medicare-for-all.Other segments to appear on the broadcast include:Monday Focus: Targeted Probe-and-Educate (TPE) audits are the Monday Focus, healthcare attorney Knicole Emanuel returns to the broadcast to report on what is believed to draconian efforts by TPE auditors. Emanuel, a member of the RACmonitor editorial board, is a partner in the Potomac Law Group.IPPS Proposed Rule: Reporting on the release o