Healthcare Finance News November 23, 2021
The report’s release coincides with the No Surprises Act taking effect on January 1, 2022.
Millions of Americans with private health insurance experience some kind of surprise medical billing, according to a new government report released less than six weeks before the No Surprises Act goes into effect.
Surprise medical bills are relatively common among privately-insured patients and can average more than $1,200 for services provided by anesthesiologists, $2,600 for surgical assistants and $750 for childbirth-related care, according to the report from the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation.
Consumers often expect their employer-sponsored insurance will shield them from high out-of-pocket costs for emergency services, HHS said. Unfortunately, the ASPE report...
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