Last month, the Biden administration reported on independent dispute resolution (IDR) cases resolved...
One year ago, the U.S. transitioned to a new, three-digit nationwide number for suicide prevention a...
Under the No Surprises Act, consumers are held harmless beyond in-network cost sharing when they rec...
The No Surprises Act (NSA) aims to protect consumers facing surprise medical bills after receiving c...
The Biden administration has published its final rules governing the independent dispute resolution ...
The No Surprises Act (NSA) went into effect this year, providing new protections against surprise m...
As we enter 2022, consumers are now protected from many of the worst surprise medical bills. The No ...
In January, the No Surprises Act will provide landmark protections against surprise billing, but gro...
Last month, the Biden administration published a third rule implementing the No Surprises Act, the c...
This month the Biden administration released a second rule implementing the No Surprises Act, the ne...
Air ambulances are one of the largest sources of surprise medical bills. While the No Surprises Act ...
Under the No Surprises Act, enacted in December of 2020, federal regulators face a balancing act as ...
The No Surprises Act of 2020 sets up a new national framework to protect patients from surprise out-...
The U.S. Congress enacted the No Surprises Act in 2020 to protect patients from surprise out-of-netw...
Open Enrollment has ended in most states, and many consumers have signed up for a health insurance p...
In the waning days of 2020, Congress enacted the No Surprises Act, which provides, for the first tim...
Congress included the No Surprises Act in the omnibus spending bill that was passed and signed into ...
Congress enacted the "No Surprises Act" as part of the $900 billion COVID-19 relief and government s...
We at Georgetown CHIR look back at this tumultuous, tragic, and eventful year and are thankful we ha...
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The $175 billion Provider Relief Fund prohibits participating providers from balance billing COVID-1...
During February’s State of the Union address, President Trump touted his administration’s effo...
In their latest post for the Commonwealth Fund’s To the Point blog, Jack Hoadley, Maanasa Kona, an...
This February, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe reviewed new research on health care costs and utilization, surpr...
As Congress and a number of states craft legislation to protect consumers from surprise out-of-netwo...
The thorniest issue in pending legislation to protect consumers from surprise medical billing is how...
Congressional leaders are racing to meet a self-imposed May deadline for passing legislation to prot...
To kick off 2020, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe reviews studies on out-of-network billing from hospital-based ...
In Congress and state legislatures across the country, policymakers are debating fixes to surprise m...
State lawmakers across the country are are gearing up for a new legislative session. Many will be co...
CHIR is back from vacation and strapping in for a busy 2020. These are the top ten health insurance ...
The U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has a new analysis of legislation that would protect pati...
Legislation to protect consumers from surprise medical bills is advancing on a bipartisan basis in b...
CHIR experts have launched a new project to provide policymakers with a dedicated, independent resou...
This year several states have taken an increasingly active role in expanding health insurance covera...
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Air ambulance charges are a significant source of surprise out-of-network bills for many patients, w...
This year has seen a flurry of state-level action to protect patients from surprise balance billing....
The U.S. Congress is advancing legislation to protect patients from surprise medical bills. Yet cons...
This June, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe caught up on policy studies and proposals on surprise medical bills,...
In the wake of federal actions to roll back the Affordable Care Act's reforms, states have assumed a...
New York's 2014 law to protect consumers from surprise out-of-network medical bills has been touted ...
Spring has arrived, and the research is blooming! This March, CHIR's Olivia Hoppe was buzzing around...
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While the U.S. Congress is considering multiple proposals to combat the problem of unexpected balanc...
Although health care costs and surprise medical bills top the list of voters' concerns this election...
Balance billing occurs when a consumer who is treated by an out-of-network provider is subsequently ...
The NAIC held its Spring Meeting earlier this month and looked at SEPs, balance billing, risk adjust...
President Obama's 2017 budget includes a new proposal to help protect consumers from unexpected char...
As reports of patient encounters with unexpected provider bills continue to make headlines, state an...
In November, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) will finalize the Network Ad...
While the ACA has successfully resulted in 16.4 million newly insured people, we don't yet know a lo...