Effective January 1, 2022, the “No Surprises Act” signed into U.S. law as part of H.R. 133, “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,” implicates (1) emergency services provided by non-participating ...

CMS unveiled July 2 the first in a series of rules aimed at shielding patients from surprise billing. The interim final rule addresses several provisions in the No Surprises Act passed by Congress ...

Physician and hospital groups are slamming the Biden administration’s latest surprise billing rule, charging that it unfairly tilts a dispute process over out-of-network charges in insurers’ favor.

The Biden administration on Thursday issued a highly anticipated regulation codifying surprise billing legislation passed last year, thought to be one of the most significant consumer protections in ...

A major hospital group is imploring the Biden administration to not tilt a dispute resolution process for handling surprise medical bills in favor of insurers. The Federation of American Hospitals ...

State surprise billing protections decreased emergency department (ED) out-of-pocket payments to such an extent that ED visits actually increased. Objectives: The No Surprises Act took effect in 2022 ...

As the healthcare industry gears up to fall under the requirements of the No Surprises Act that bans balance billing, hospitals and insurers said they need more time and information to abide by the ...

As its name suggests, the No Surprises Act establishes patient protection against most surprise medical bills from out-of-network, emergency service, and air ambulance providers. Two of the major ...

Editor’s note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in ...

Individuals enrolled in fully insured managed care plans in Virginia and state employees will benefit from a new law adopted by the 2020 Session of the Virginia General Assembly to curb balance ...

Let’s face it — no one likes getting a medical bill in the mail. Even when you know it’s coming, the sight of it still sends chills up the spine. One possible cause of the medical sticker shock ...