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On August 19, 2022, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, and Department of the Treasury (the Departments) published a new final rule (Final Rule)...

On August 19, 2022, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, and Department of the Treasury (the Departments) published a new final rule (Final...

Seyfarth Synopsis: With staggered effective dates continuing over the course of the next several years, the No Surprises Act (NSA) and Transparency in Coverage requirements impose a...

Seyfarth Synopsis: With staggered effective dates continuing over the course of the next several years, the No Surprises Act (NSA) and Transparency in Coverage requirements...

The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor and the Treasury (the Departments) have issued a highly anticipated third final rule implementing...

The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor and the Treasury (the Departments) have issued a highly anticipated third interim final rule (IFR) implementing the No Surprises Act...

At the end of September, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS), Labor, and Treasury (collectively, the Departments)...

Thursday, February 11, 2021 On 28 December 2020, the federal No Surprises Act (Act) 1 was enacted. The Act seeks to protect patients from so-called “surprise medical bills” in certain emergency and nonemergency settings for out-of-network patients. This alert focuses on the Act’s arbitration provisions but first provides necessary background to those provisions. Key takeaways include: The Act, and its arbitration provisions, include both emergent and nonemergent care in certain...