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In an effort to push hospitals toward compliance with federal hospital price transparency laws, Gov. Jared Polis signed HB 22-1285, “Prohibit Collection Hospital Not Disclosing Prices,” into law on June 8, 2022. Specifically,...more
On May 16, 2022, the Colorado Supreme Court issued an opinion that serves as a cautionary tale for health care providers hoping to bill patients at chargemaster rates. The court’s decision in French v. Centura Health turned...more
While health plans, insurers, and providers are busy understanding and implementing the new requirements under the No Surprises Act, a U.S. District Court recently vacated an essential portion of the interim regulations...more
The No Surprises Act (NSA), which took effect on January 1, 2022, includes protections from surprise bills for patients who are uninsured or covered under group or individual plans. It will be necessary for both facilities...more
When introducing the No Surprises Act (“NSA”)—signed into law on December 27, 2020, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021—leaders of the responsible committees of the U.S. House of Representatives announced...more
This year, Congress remains focused on passing legislation to tackle the issue of surprise billing where patients face unexpected and often exorbitantly high bills from out-of-network hospitals or physicians. ...more
New legislation passed in the 2019 session of the Texas Legislature, SB 1264, went into effect on January 1, 2020. The statute protects Texas residents from so-called surprise billing, where patients receive costly medical...more
Last month, a California appellate decision partially reversed an order denying class certification in Sarun v. Dignity Health—a lawsuit, which essentially seeks to limit uninsured patient liability for emergency medical...more
Federal executive agencies recently published two rules, one final and one proposed, aimed at publicizing the various costs associated with health care. A final rule, promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Services...more
On November 15, CMS issued the Price Transparency Requirements for Hospitals to Make Standards Charges Public Final Rule (“Final Rule”), as directed by President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on Improving Price and Quality...more
Last week, the New York State Department of Financial Services released a proposed amendment to the regulations promulgated under the state’s Emergency Medical Services and Surprise Bills law (the SBL), which adds additional...more
Governor Abbot recently signed Senate Bill 1264 which, effective September 1, 2019, provides consumer protections against certain medical and health care billing by certain out-of-network (“OON”) providers. Originally...more
Over the last few weeks, President Trump and lawmakers in both the House and Senate have taken several steps to protect patients from surprise medical bills, the latest signs of bipartisan momentum to address the issue this...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