State Collection Service Hosts Capitol Hill Fly-In Focused on Health Care Issues

The Fly-In connected industry leaders and policymakers to discuss how technological and regulatory changes are transforming the medical provider revenue cycle.

State Collection Service (State) recently held its first Healthcare Fly-In in Washington, D.C., convening executives, policymakers, and experts to discuss the evolving regulatory and financial challenges facing providers.

“Health care providers are facing unprecedented complexity at the intersection of policy, reimbursement and patient financial responsibility,” said Tim Haag, president and CEO of State Collection Service, an ACA International member company, in a news release. “This Fly-In is designed to move beyond awareness — equipping providers with practical strategies and trusted partnerships to confidently navigate the legislative landscape.”

Haag is a longtime ACA member and advocate, having served as board president. He regularly participates in ACA’s Washington Insights Fly-In each spring to continue to develop important relationships with legislators and educate them about issues facing the accounts receivable management industry.

As an ACA board member, Haag has actively worked to educate state and federal lawmakers on how medical debt regulations might inadvertently harm both providers and patients.

He is also chair of ACPAC, ACA’s political action committee, which supports the election efforts of qualified federal candidates.

A central theme throughout State’s event in Washington, D.C., hosted in partnership with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP, was the future of health care collections, with a focus on balancing compliance, patient experience and operational efficiency amid increasing oversight.

Former U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas provided insight into the legislative and regulatory outlook in D.C., highlighting the importance of engagement between health care stakeholders and policymakers, according to State’s news release. He provided insights into his firsthand work on the Affordable Care Act and state-level trends impacting health care providers.

In addition to policy insights, the participating health systems at State’s event shared their most pressing concerns in today’s environment. Those concerns included margin compression, regulatory uncertainty, increased costs and patient affordability. Attendees explored how State and its partners can help alleviate these pressures through compliant, patient-centered revenue cycle solutions.