Becker's Healthcare November 29, 2022
The Texas Medical Association’s lawsuit challenging the validity of the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution could increase an already lengthy backlog, Bloomberg Law reported Nov. 28.
Five things to know:
1. HHS launched the independent dispute resolution portal in April and received more than 90,000 claims in the first five and a half months. A CMS spokesperson told Bloomberg Law that figure is “substantially more than the department initially estimated would be submitted for a full year.”
2. Claire Ernst, director of government affairs at the Medical Group Management Association, told Bloomberg Law some claims have been pending for eight or nine months.
“That’s eight or nine months you’re not getting paid,” she said.
3. Because...
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