The AHA Jan. 26 released a white paper on addressing challenges in implementing an advanced explanation of benefits, which requires coordination among multiple providers, health plans and IT systems. It highlights the use of a mock claim proposal, which uses the same electronic format providers already use to submit insurance claims to transmit good faith estimates to health plans. These estimates would be submitted as mock versions of real claims to estimate care costs, allowing health plans to process them using existing adjudication systems and generate an AEOB for patients. READ MORE 

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The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Aug. 11 ruled to vacate certain regulations implementing how the No Surprises Act qualifying payment amount is calculated…
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Guidance on the implementation timeline for the No Surprises Act independent dispute resolution operations final rule was released Aug. 7 by the Departments of…
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Aug. 5 granted a motion for the AHA and the Hospital and Healthsystem Association of…
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The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland July 16 enjoined eight provisions from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ 2027 notice of…
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