Health Affairs September 13, 2021
On September 10, 2021, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and the Treasury, alongside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), issued a proposed rule to implement additional components of the No Surprises Act (NSA) and the Consolidated Appropriations Act (CAA). The proposed rule was accompanied by a press release, fact sheet, and report on air ambulances and surprise bills.
The proposed rule focuses on 1) the submission of information about air ambulance services by air ambulance providers, group health plans, insurers, and Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) carriers; 2) the process that HHS will take to investigate and enforce violations of federal insurance law (including the NSA and CAA); and 3) implementation of a CAA provision that...