JD Supra June 7, 2022
Editor’s Note: In a recent article for Health Law Weekly, summarized below, Manatt Health examines the implementation challenges of the No Surprises Act (NSA)—and shares three key areas providers should focus on to ensure compliance with new requirements.
The federal No Surprises Act (NSA), which became effective January 1, 2022, represents a massive change to health care patient financial practices. The core of the NSA is a prohibition on out-of-network providers charging commercially insured patients more than their in-network cost-sharing in three surprise medical billing situations: emergency services at a hospital emergency department (ED) or independent freestanding ED; certain out-of-network nonemergency services in an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgery center (ASC); and air ambulances.
When the NSA is triggered, the...