The Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) ruling within the No Surprises Act oversees the mediation process between payers and out-of-network providers when they cannot agree on reimbursement. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is currently ...

In the healthcare industry, few actions by the federal government caused as much discussion as the 2019 No Surprises Act. When signed into law, this act brought into being several ...

On January 1, 2022, the No Surprises Act took effect to protect patients from surprise medical expenses, but it has created tension between payers and providers. For example, on February 23, 2022, ...

At this point, the No Surprise Act (NSA) should be anything but shocking. This law has been a hot topic for payers and providers since its passage at the end ...

Six months after balance billing prohibitions mandated by The No Surprises Act (NSA) took effect, the industry is acclimating to the shifts in surprise medical billing expenses and the implementation ...

The No Surprises Act was implemented at the beginning of this year to ensure that patients do not have to suffer from surprise medical billing expenses. The Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) ruling ...

The No Surprises Act, which went into effect on January 1, 2022, protects patients from surprise out-of-network medical billing and creates an independent dispute resolution (IDR) process that resolves payment disputes ...

The No Surprises Act was implemented on January 1st of this year. Loren Adler, Assistant Director of the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, shared that the Act “is one of the biggest consumer ...

With 2022 swiftly approaching, the No Surprises Act will soon take effect, followed shortly by the Transparency in Coverage Rule. There are two weeks until the deadline for payers to ...

With a final ruling on some provisions on the No Surprises Act appearing to benefit insurers, providers – including 152 doctors in Congress – are up in arms. This round-up ...