As of March 17, certified independent dispute resolution entities may resume IDR payment determinations under the No Surprises Act that were temporarily halted last month due to a Texas court’s decision vacating portions of the final federal...
President Biden’s proposed 2024 budget includes substantial additional amounts for continued funding of the implementation and enforcement of the No Surprises Act and the transparency laws passed along with the NSA.
Manatt Litigation Partner Harvey Rochman was quoted in Modern Healthcare about the impact of legal challenges to the regulations implementing the No Surprises Act, which continue to impact and delay the federal process to resolve payment...
The Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor and the Department of the Treasury are continuing to respond to decisions by a federal district court in Texas regarding the Independent Dispute Resolution process established to...
The No Surprises Act, which went into effect January 1, 2022, was designed to protect patients from surprise medical bills when they are treated in out-of-network emergency departments or by out-of-network providers at in-network facilities.
On February 6, a Texas federal district court sided with the Texas Medical Association and health care providers vacating regulations issued by the Office of Personnel Management and the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the...
Manatt Litigation Partner Harvey Rochman was quoted in a STAT article about a backlog of cases involving providers seeking to resolve billing disputes under the No Surprises Act.
Exacerbating the backlog is an August ruling from Texas...
Controversy continues to surround the independent dispute resolution (IDR) provisions of the No Surprises Act.
On August 19, the Biden Administration released a final rule on the No Surprises Act that primarily addresses regulatory provisions invalidated by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas regarding how reimbursement...
Manatt Health Partner Michael Kolber will present “Overview of Key Points and Considerations of the No Surprises Act,” at the opening session of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) 2022 Summer Forum.