The No Surprises Act: A Cost Saving Opportunity for Employer Plan Sponsors
Surprise! What Hospices Need to Know About the No Surprises Act
On August 2, health care providers scored yet another significant victory when the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the vacatur of various federal regulations regarding the arbitration procedures used to...more
On August 2, 2024, the United States Fifth Circuit affirmed the rulings in the No Surprises Act litigation brought by the Texas Medical Association and other plaintiffs challenging the August 2022 Final Rule that has been...more
On March 18, 2024, thirty-nine (39) members of the United States House of Representatives sent a letter urging federal agencies to finalizing rulemaking regarding the implementation of the No Surprises Act. The letter,...more
Over the past month, CMS announced several updates to the Federal No Surprises Act IDR Process. On December 15, 2023, the Federal IDR portal was re-opened for all remaining disputes. The portal is now open for all disputes...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
On February 6, a US district court in Texas vacated provisions of the No Surprises Act final rule related to the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process for determining payment for out-of-network services....more
The Texas Medical Association is yet again challenging the federal government’s implementation of the independent dispute resolution process established by the No Surprises Act, this time arguing the $350 fee to initiate the...more
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
Title I of Division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”), and interim final rules issued by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor (the “Departments”) in July 2021 (see our...more
On Friday, August 26, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration and the Department of Treasury’s...more
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
The Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the Departments) issued final rules related to the No Surprises Act on August 26, 2022, to be effective October 25, 2022 (Final Rules). These Final Rules...more
On August 19, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor (DOL), and Department of the Treasury (DOT), released “Requirements Related to Surprise Billing: Final Rules” (the Rules). The Rules...more