On August 19, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (the Departments) issued final rules implementing the No Surprises Act, known as the “Requirements Related to Surprise Billing: Final...more
On February 23, a Texas federal court vacated several key portions of an interim final rule (Rule) governing the No Surprises Act's (Act) independent dispute resolution (IDR) process. The court's decision has been lauded by...more
On December 9, the American Medical Association (AMA) and the American Hospital Association (AHA) (the Associations) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging the proposed regulations...more
On October 28, the Texas Medical Association (TMA), a trade association that represents more than 55,000 physicians and medical students, filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Texas challenging key portions of CMS’s...more
On September 30, U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury, as well as the Office of Personnel Management, issued another interim final rule — “Requirements Related to Surprise Billing: Part II”...more
On July 1, U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury, as well as the Office of Personnel Management, issued an interim final rule implementing the No Surprises Act (Act) and requesting...more
In September 2018, we wrote about a draft U.S. Senate bill aimed to protect patients from surprise medical bills, the “Protecting Patients from Surprise Medical Bills Act.” ...more