Surprise Medical Billing

Apr 26, 2023
The AHA and its members are committed to promoting affordability and value to advance the health of our patients. Given the hearing’s focus of reducing health care costs, we provide comments on a number of policies aimed at increasing access to quality care at reduced costs.
Feb 24, 2023
Effective Feb. 27, certified independent dispute resolution entities will resume issuing payment determinations for payment disputes involving out-of-network services and items furnished before Oct. 25, 2022, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced.
Feb 15, 2023
AHA provides additional recommendations on implementation of the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process included in the No Surprises Act.
Feb 7, 2023
A Texas judge yesterday held that the federal government’s revised independent dispute resolution process for determining payment for out-of-network services under the No Surprises Act skews the arbitration results in commercial insurers’ favor in violation of the compromise Congress reached in the…
Feb 7, 2023
A Texas judge held that the federal government’s revised independent dispute resolution process for determining payment for out-of-network services under the No Surprises Act skews the arbitration results in commercial insurers’ favor in violation of the compromise Congress reached in the Act.
Nov 21, 2022
The final rule published in August to implement the independent dispute resolution process under the No Surprises Act “follows neither the letter nor the intent of the law,” leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee Friday told the departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the…
Nov 21, 2022
In a letter to the departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury, leaders of the House Ways and Means Committee call for changes to No Surprises Act dispute resolution process.
Nov 1, 2022
The departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury yesterday released guidance on the federal independent dispute resolution process for certified IDR entities and disputing parties under the No Surprises Act regulations, and calendar year 2023 IDR fees. For CY 2023, IDR…
Oct 20, 2022
The AHA and AMA filed a friend-of-the-court brief claiming the revised independent dispute resolution process for determining payment for out-of-network services under the No Surprises Act skews the arbitration results in commercial insurers’ favor.