8/21/2025 1:55:17 PM HHS issues No Surprises Act FAQs in response to Fifth Circuit vacating prior panel opinion By Megan K. Ali The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), along with several other agencies (the Departments of Labor and Treasury, as...
2/21/2024 1:46:24 AM Surprise Billing IDR Batched Dispute and Air-Ambulance Dispute Deadline Approaches By Matthew Loughran The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor, and Department of the Treasury (collectively, “the departments”)...
2/13/2023 7:31:03 PM Agencies suspend No Surprises Act IDR payment determinations after court order By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Matthew Loughran The three agencies that oversee the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process established by the No Surprises Act have notified...
2/8/2023 3:59:21 PM Portions of No Surprises Act IDR rule procedures set aside by federal court again By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Matthew Loughran For the second time in 12 months, a federal district court has set aside provisions of the No Surprises Act’s Independent Dispute...
9/19/2022 3:38:57 AM Agencies Look for Input on No Surprises Act Good Faith Estimate Rules By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Matthew Loughran Following closely after the clarifying independent dispute resolution process Final Rule, the four executive branch entities tasked with...
8/26/2022 9:05:48 PM Departments issue new Final Rule and guidance materials for No Surprises Act IDR process By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Ellen Pighini On August 26, 2022, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury (the “Departments”) issued the highly anticipated...
3/2/2022 8:53:27 PM Portion of No Surprises Act IDR rule procedures set aside by federal district court By Nicole Aiken-Shaban Megan K. Ali Whitney Petrie Matthew Loughran +1 more... Show less On February 23, 2022, a federal district court judge in Texas agreed with the Texas Medical Association that some provisions of the...
2/8/2022 4:17:19 PM No Surprises Act Good Faith Estimates: What they are and when you need them By Tom Greeson James Hennessy Andrew Hayes The No Surprises Act, effective as of January 1, 2022, aims to provide patients with accurate information regarding their expected health...
9/3/2021 11:00:01 AM No Surprises Act: Time to revisit balance billing prohibitions in hospital-based physician professional services agreements with hospitals? By Tom Greeson James Hennessy Effective January 1, 2022, common prohibitions against “balance billing” under hospital professional service contracts will likely become...