Becker's Healthcare January 18, 2022
Since the No Surprises Act took effect Jan. 1, several healthcare agencies have released resources to help healthcare professionals understand the new rules.
Six things to know:
1. The American Hospital Association on Jan. 14 released a 15-page advisory and summary of the No Surprises Act. “The hospital and health system field strongly supports protecting patients from surprise medical bills,” the advisory said. “The AHA is pleased that Congress rejected approaches that would impose arbitrary rates on providers, which could have significant consequences far beyond the scope of surprise medical bills and impact access to hospital care.”
2. The AHA provided key takeaways of the act in the advisory, including that it protects patients from receiving surprise medical bills because...
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