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Insurance Industry Surprise Medical Bills

McDermott Will & Emery

No Surprises Act to Prevent Millions of Surprise Bills

Effective January 1, 2022, the No Surprises Act protects healthcare consumers from surprise medical billing under certain circumstances.  AHIP and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBS) recently surveyed more than 80...more

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National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) 2022 Spring Meeting Summary

The Mitchell Williams Insurance Regulatory team of lawyers recently attended the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) 2022 Spring National Meeting which was held April 4-8 in Kansas City, Missouri. The...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Federal District Court Invalidates Some Surprise Billing Rules: What It Means for the No Surprises Act

On February 23, 2022, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas invalidated portions of Part II of the interim final rule (“IFR”) issued by the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor,...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Federal Government Publishes an Interim Final Rule (Part 1) Implementing the No Surprises Act

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Over the last several years, both the federal government and a number of state legislatures have sought to find a solution to the billing by out-of-network providers, referred to as “Out of Network Billing” (OON Billing) and...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Agencies Release Interim Final Rule to Implement the No Surprises Act

Today, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury (the Departments) published an interim final rule (the Interim Final Rule) implementing certain provisions of the No Surprises Act,[1] which aims...more

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP

The No Surprises Act: Congress Takes Aim at Surprise Medical Bills

In the closing days of 2020, Congress passed federal legislation aimed at protecting patients against surprise medical bills and facilitating payment dispute resolutions among providers and insurers. Slated to take effect on...more

White and Williams LLP

Congress Bans Surprise Medical Bills

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On December 21, 2020, as part of the nearly 5,600-page coronavirus economic relief package, a measure entitled the “No Surprises Act” was included to ban surprise medical bills. Once the “No Surprises Act” goes into effect...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Surprise Billing Initiatives Face Not-So-Surprising Resistance

“Surprise billing,” also known as “balance billing,” is one of few areas that garners bipartisan support. Surprise billing occurs when a patient inadvertently goes out of his or her insurer’s network, resulting in a “surprise...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Balanced Billing in California: Update Regarding 2016’s A.B. 72 and an Overview of Newly Introduced Bill A.B. 1611

Balanced billing or “surprise billing” has been getting increased attention at both the federal and state level. Balance bills arise when a payor covers out-of-network care, but the provider bills the patient for amounts...more

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