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We are now in September! And while many folks are thinking about how summer has come and gone so quickly, those following the No Surprises Act implementation process may also be wondering how a whole year has passed since the...more
ACI’s Advanced Forum on Managed Care Disputes and Litigation offers an unparalleled learning experience, specifically designed for the MCO legal community. Attend and develop winning legal strategies and business best...more
As reported earlier in the MedLaw Blog (August 9, 2023), a federal District Court vacated portions of the No Surprises Act federal regulations. Thereafter, CMS halted the arbitration process for resolving disputes regarding...more
CMS has halted the arbitration process for “Surprise Billing” established by the “No Surprises Act” for the second time, stating as follows...more
Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more
Providers should be aware consumers now have access to CMS resources that help them understand their rights under the No Surprises Act (NSA). In general, the NSA protects healthcare consumers from receiving surprise medical...more
President Biden’s proposed 2024 budget includes substantial additional amounts for continued funding of the implementation and enforcement of the No Surprises Act (NSA) and the transparency laws passed along with the NSA,...more
The saga between health care providers and the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury (collectively, “Departments”) continues apace, as a federal district court...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
Controversy continues to surround the independent dispute resolution (IDR) provisions of the No Surprises Act (NSA). On November 18, bipartisan leadership of the House Ways and Means Committee sent a letter to the Secretaries...more
The No Surprises Act (“NSA”) is a federal law that went into effect January 1, 2022. The NSA statute was enacted as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 and has been implemented by three interim rules jointly...more
The No Surprises Act (NSA) went into effect Jan. 1, 2022, but since the effective date, there have been numerous updates and changes regarding the NSA and compliance with it. We examine the key NSA 2022 changes and details of...more
General and specialty compliance training from the comfort of your home or office! HCCA’s Regional Healthcare Compliance Conferences provide practitioners with virtual compliance training that includes updates on the...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
Co-Location and the Provider-Based Rules – No News is…Good News? On July 15, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") released the 2023 Outpatient Prospective Payment System proposed rule (“OPPS Proposed...more
The “law of unintended consequences” describes the general sociological principle that for every action there is an unintended or unanticipated outcome. An influential examination of the concept was published in 1936 by...more
Executive Summary - The California Department of Managed Health Care (“DMHC”) issued a recent guidance interpreting the application of the No Surprises Act (“NSA”)—a new federal law prohibiting out-of-network healthcare...more
The federal No Surprises Act, effective January 1, 2022, established new requirements for healthcare providers, facilities, and providers of air ambulance services to protect consumers from “surprise” medical bills. These...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