Lawmaker Seeks to Forbid Providers From Sending Workers' Bills to Collections

New Jersey banned providers from invoicing workers for unpaid workers’ compensation medical bills five years ago. But when Ron Dancer’s constituent approached him recently with a ruined credit rating and a story, the assemblyman knew the balance-billing issue wasn’t over in the Garden State. Balance billing is the practice of demanding from a patient the sum remaining on a provider's bill after an insurance company pays its share. Although balance billing was outlawed in New Jersey’s workers’ compensation system in 2012 with Gov. Chris Christie&rsquo...