Surprise Medical Billing
AHA comments on the forms providers may use to file complaints with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding implementation of the No Surprises Act.
CMS released Frequently Asked Questions regarding No Surprises Act implementation.
AHA yesterday urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend enforcement discretion for the No Surprises Act regulatory requirement.
The 黑料正能量 Association appreciates the opportunity to work with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on implementation of the No Surprises Act.
Health care providers and health plans can use the portal to initiate the dispute resolution process for certain out-of-network medical bills under the No Surprises Act interim final rule.
The Departments of Health, Treasury and Labor (collectively, 鈥渢he departments鈥) today opened the federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) portal as authorized by the No Surprises Act. They also opened the patient-provider dispute resolution process and released updated guidance to IDR鈥
CMS plans to launch next week the online portal through which uninsured and self-pay patients may initiate the dispute resolution process.
The provision being challenged by AHA and AMA implicates the arbitration process for determining fair payment for services by out-of-network providers.
The federal government tells the court it anticipates issuing a final rule by early this summer, which is later than the May time period it had been expected.
The AHA and American Medical Association urge the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to act as quickly as possible to hold unlawful and vacate all provisions they are challenging in the federal government鈥檚 interim final rule on surprise medical billing, which took effect in January.