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Congress Enacts Legislation to End Surprise Medical Billing


The “No Surprises” Act: Congress Enacts Legislation to End Surprise Medical Billing in Omnibus Year-End Spending Bill
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
The recently-enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 includes the long-debated “No Surprises” Act (the “Act”), which addresses how providers are paid for certain out-of-network health care services, and removes patients from the middle of out-of-network reimbursement disputes.  The Act comprehensively addresses all types of commercial health plans by amending the Public Health Service Act (“PHSA”), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”), and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (“FEHBP”), each with substantially similar companion provisions.  These provisions, summarized in brief below, will be effective January 1, 2022.  Agency rules are expected to start rolling out in July 2021. ....

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President Signs COVID-19, Health and Tax Provisions in End-of-Year Omnibus Bill | Groom Law Group, Chartered


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On December 21, the House and Senate passed a $2.3 trillion omnibus appropriations and COVID-19 relief package, H.R. 133, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”). President Trump signed the Act into law on December 27 after initially criticizing the amount of direct payments to individuals and other aspects of the Act late last week.
The massive, 5,593 page document includes a $1.4 trillion appropriations package to fund the government through September 30, 2021, a long-debated $900 billion COVID-19 relief and stimulus package, funding for COVID-19 vaccines and testing, expanded food aid programs, emergency education relief, airline and transportation support, relief for farmers, broadband incentives, and extensions on eviction moratoriums. ....

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