The No Surprises Act: A Cost Saving Opportunity for Employer Plan Sponsors
Video: Getting Ready for the No Surprises Act - Thought Leaders in Health Law
Welcome to the strange and mysterious world of medical billing. If ever there was an industry in which the charges and the payments have no correlation, the medical industry is it. Medical billing can indeed be quite...more
In the 118th Congress, the US House of Representatives is keenly interested in healthcare price transparency. Three House committees—Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce—each approved...more
On July 1, 2021, the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”), the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), the Department of Treasury (“Treasury”), the Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”), the Department of Labor...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
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule to require every hospital licensed in the United State to make public a robust set of standard charges for every item or service that the hospital...more
On April 2, 2018, CMS issued updated guidance related to the dramatic Medicare payment reductions that went into effect this year for certain 340B hospitals. The guidance explains the planned application of the payment cuts...more
In This Issue: - CMS ISSUES FINAL RULE ON DIRECT ACCESS OF LAB TEST RESULTS BY PATIENTS: On February 3, 2014, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule that permits patients or...more