Letters
Read what other stakeholders are saying.
Physician Members of Congress
December 18, 2025
Today, 14 members of Congress write an important letter to Secs. Kennedy, Bessent, and Chavez-DeRemer. They state, “As physicians in Congress, we write to express our strong concern regarding Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield’s newly announced ‘facility administrative policy,’ which penalizes hospitals that enable their patients to utilize out-of-network physicians. We are troubled not only by the substance of this policy, but also the preventable harm it will inflict on patients who rely on stable access to hospital-based emergency and specialty care.”
American Medical Association and 85 Specialty and State Medical Societies
November 13, 2025
In a federation letter to Elevance Health’s CEO, these organizations urge the company to immediately rescind its new facility administrative policy. They state that they are “dismayed that Anthem is attempting to bypass the negotiated bipartisan policy under the No Surprises Act that protects patients from surprise medical bills when out-of-network care is provided at an in-network hospital.” The organizations added that “this policy will impact patients’ access to care in multiple ways.”
American Society of Anesthesiologists, American College of Radiology, and American College of Emergency Physicians
November 5, 2025
Writing in a letter to Elevance Health’s CEO regarding Anthem’s new facility administrative policy, ASA, ACR, and ACEP state, “This policy is deeply flawed and operationally unworkable. It effectively shifts Elevance’s network adequacy obligations onto facilities, holding them financially liable for the contracting status of independent physician groups—an area over which they have no control or infrastructure to manage.”