Surprise Medical Billing

A collection of frequently asked questions on the uninsured and self-pay good faith estimates, required as part of the No Surprises Act.
Effective Jan. 1, 2022, facilities and providers will need to adhere to several new policies required by the No Surprises Act. Specifically, facilities and providers will not be permitted to balance bill patients in certain out-of-network scenarios unless certain conditions are met, they must…
Beginning Jan. 1, 2022, facilities and providers must notify patients of their rights with respect to their balance billing protections under the No Surprises Act. Facilities and providers also must provide oral and written notice to uninsured and self-pay patients of their right to a good faith…
Plaintiffs American Medical Association (“AMA”), American Hospital Association (“AHA”), Renown Health, UMass Memorial Health Care, Inc. (“UMass Memorial Health”), Stuart S. Squires, M.D., and Victor F. Kubit, M.D., by and through their attorneys, bring this action for declaratory and injunctive…
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and American Medical Association (AMA) sued the federal government today over the misguided implementation of the federal surprise billing law. The associations are joined in the suit by hospital and physician plaintiffs, including Renown Health, UMass…
The AHA and American Medical Association today sued the federal government over the misguided implementation of the federal surprise billing law.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) and American Medical Association (AMA), representing hospitals, health systems, and physicians, sued the federal government over the misguided implementation of the federal surprise billing law.
America’s hospitals and physicians filed a lawsuit in an effort to protect patients’ access to critical health care services. At issue is the implementation of the No Surprises Act, legislation that both the AHA and AMA worked vigorously to get enacted in order to protect patients from surprise…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will host a Special Open Door Forum Dec. 8 at 2 p.m. ET on provider requirements effective Jan. 1 under the No Surprises Act.
AHA today strongly urged the departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury and Office of Personnel Management to restore the independence of the independent dispute resolution process in the No Surprises Act Part 2 regulations.