On April 23, the US Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule significantly expanding the definition of who qualifies as a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) (the Retirement Security...more
5/15/2024
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Exemptions ,
Fiduciary ,
Final Rules ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Investment ,
Pensions ,
Prohibited Transactions ,
Retirement Plan ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On December 18, 2023, the US Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the Departments) issued a rule finalizing the 2024 non-refundable administrative fee parties must pay to access the arbitration...more
*This is the 12th article in a series analyzing the No Surprises Act and its implementation. To view the entire series, click here. A link to the proposed rule is here. As background, Congress passed the Act to prevent...more
On September 21, 2023, the US Departments of Treasury (DOT), Labor (DOL), and Health and Human Services (HHS) (the Departments) issued new rulemaking governing the administrative fee required to access the arbitration process...more
10/4/2023
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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fees ,
Final Rules ,
No Surprises Act (NSA) ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Surprise Medical Bills ,
U.S. Treasury
On August 24, 2023, health care providers in Texas scored yet another victory when a federal court vacated additional portions of the Biden Administration’s rulemaking under the federal No Surprises Act (the Act). This marked...more
On August 3, 2023, health care providers in Texas scored yet another victory when a federal court vacated additional portions of the Biden Administration’s rules governing fee collection and claim batching under the federal...more
8/22/2023
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Arbitration ,
Biden Administration ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Fees ,
Health Care Providers ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Surprise Medical Bills ,
U.S. Treasury
On July 25, 2023, the US Departments of Labor (DOL), Treasury (DOT), and Health and Human Services (HHS) (the Departments) released a much-anticipated interim final rule to ensure that group health plans comply with the...more
8/16/2023
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Department of Transportation (DOT) ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Mental Health ,
Mental Health Parity Rule ,
MHPAEA ,
NQTLs ,
Proposed Rules ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Substance Abuse
On February 6, 2023, health care providers scored a second significant victory when a federal court in Texas again vacated portions of the Biden Administration’s rules governing the arbitration procedures to resolve surprise...more
2/15/2023
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Arbitration ,
Biden Administration ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
No Surprises Act (NSA) ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Surprise Medical Bills ,
U.S. Treasury ,
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On August 19, 2022, the US Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury, as well as the Office of Personnel Management, released a highly-anticipated final rule clarifying the procedures and considerations...more
On February 23, 2022, in what is being heralded as a significant victory for health care providers, a federal court in Texas vacated portions of the Biden Administration’s rules governing the arbitration procedures to resolve...more
On July 1, 2021, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury, and the Office of Personnel Management, released a much-anticipated interim final rule designed to protect Americans from surprise medical...more