Hospitals across the U.S are pushing federal officials to change the surprise-billing dispute resolution process and provide clarity on good faith estimates for uninsured patients. CMS unveiled Sept.

The Biden administration has proposed a new rule refining several aspects of the healthcare services billing process in response to criticisms levied from all sides of the industry. Unveiled Friday ...

Surprise, surprise. Washington politics, politicians and big insurance companies are picking our pockets. By "us" I mean patients, doctors, and others on the front lines of health care. Even worse, ...

Provider groups slammed CMS for an interim final rule released Thursday that lays out the arbitration process for determining out-of-network payments so that patients don't receive surprise bills. The ...

Health providers continued their push for officials to change the way out-of-network billing disputes are handled, and ask several federal departments for clarity on a requirement to provide uninsured ...

If you’ve never had a billing dispute with a vendor, you probably will. It’s inevitable that at some point, you’ll disagree with a vendor over an invoice. When it happens, the following questions will ...

Most Hoosiers agree on the need to reduce health care costs, to improve access to care and to end the practice of surprise medical billing. And Indiana physicians would agree. They have witnessed ...

Florida healthcare providers can use the state-specific dispute resolution process for out-of-network bills instead of the federal methodology outlined in the No Surprises Act, CMS determined. CMS on ...

The new final regulations illustrate the Departments’ commitment to quickly implementing and enforcing the protections established in the No Surprise Billing Rules. Federal litigation challenging the ...

Federal agencies have issued a new interim final rule that details the payment dispute resolution process under the No Surprises Act. The act, which was signed into law last December, bans surprise ...

Michigan is on the verge of adopting the same flawed fix to surprise medical billing that the U.S. Congress wisely put the pause on. Before adjourning last year, Congress was considering legislative ...