Self-Insurers Want Seat on Air Ambulance Fees Study Committee

The Self-Insurance Institute of America is urging Cabinet officials to include self-insurers on an advisory group tasked with studying the thorny issue of air ambulance fees. The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 requires the U.S. secretary of transportation and the secretary of health and human services to appoint an advisory committee to find solutions on charge disclosures and balance billing for air ambulance services. "Across the country, members of the Self-Insurance Institute of America, comprising thousands of self-insured industry participants, including TPAs, brokers and employe...