Surprise Medical Billing
The AHA offers initial recommendations to the departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor as they develop guidance to implement the No Surprises Act.
AHA urges the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to align the Hospital Price Transparency Rule with new transparency requirements included in the No Surprises Act.
On Dec. 27, 2020, the No Surprises Act was signed into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (H.R. 133; Division BB 鈥 Private Health Insurance and Public Health Provisions).
AHA letter to Ways & Means Chairman Neal and Ranking Member Brady thanking them for addressing surprise medical billing as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021
AHA commented on the No Surprises Act, bipartisan, bicameral legislation released Friday to address surprise medical bills.
The Honorable Richard E. Neal
Chairman
Ways & Means Committee
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Kevin Brady
Ranking Member
Ways & Means Committee
U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable Frank Pallone, Jr.
Chairman
Energy & Commerce Committee
U.S. House of鈥
Last night, House and Senate Committee leaders announced a bipartisan agreement to address surprise medical bills, the 鈥淣o Surprises Act.鈥 The bill is supported by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-TX), House Energy and Commerce鈥
As Congress continues to negotiate a year-end spending package and more COVID-19 relief, we鈥檙e continuing to keep you updated on the latest issues. This is our third Action Alert related to the lame-duck session, and information and resources related to our priority issues are included below.
Congress is back in Washington, D.C., for its 鈥渓ame-duck鈥 session, in which lawmakers will take up pressing, end-of-year business. Funding for the federal government, as well as other key health care provisions, are set to expire Dec. 11. It is imperative that we work to ensure that hospitals and鈥
Hospitals and health systems are deeply concerned about the effect of unanticipated medical bills on our patients, which could impact their out- of-pocket costs. Protecting patients from surprise medical bills is a top priority for the AHA and all of our members. However, we oppose legislative鈥