Shawanda Renee Obey, MD, holds two decades of experience as a medical professional and works with the Northeast Valley Health Corporation, where she is a supervising physician providing outpatient care. In addition, Shawanda Renee Obey, MD, is a member of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), a nonprofit that represents physicians from a range of specialties.
The organization has responded to the House Ways and Means Committee’s Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act, which looks to protect consumers from large unexpected medical bills.
AAPS notes that the proposed legislation aims to recognize market dynamics between insurance providers and plans, although the nonprofit highlights that it does not include sections for the dynamics between physicians and plans or physicians and their patients.
Instead, the organization claims that medical professionals will be presented with a take it or leave it scenario, which also extends to their patients, and that will also force physicians to accept the terms of a contract that they may not have agreed to.
As such, the AAPS has argued for increased transparency with prices, as well as a free choice of care and clearly explained insurance policies, none of which are included in the proposed legislation.
Shawanda Renee Obey, MD 
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