Radiology Business November 14, 2023
House lawmakers are sharply criticizing the Biden administration’s implementation of the No Surprises Act, urging for reforms to make the landmark law more in line with its original intent.
Republican representatives voiced their “serious concerns” in a Nov. 9 letter to leaders in the departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury. The House Ways & Means Committee recently held a hearing on the legislation’s roll out, in which providers complained of long delays in processing claims and an arbitration process skewed in favor of insurers.
“The biased interpretation of the qualified payment amount has created serious consequences for medical providers of all sizes,” the 25 Republican members of the committee wrote. “Small medical practices in rural and underserved...