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29 lip 2024 · Yet that law, passed by Congress in late 2020, doesn't address ground ambulances, an industry in which so-called balance billing — in which patients are charged the difference between the...
Title I (No Surprises Act) and Title II (Transparency) of Division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA), establish new protections for consumers related to surprise billing and transparency in health care. The legislation contains new requirements for group health plans, health insurance issuers in the group and individual ...
6 wrz 2024 · The report outlines comprehensive recommendations aimed at preventing out-of-network ground ambulance balance billing and ensuring fair, transparent payment processes for both patients and...
15 lut 2024 · Fourteen states have enacted ground ambulance surprise billing laws before and after the passage of the NSA — including four this year — but federal action is needed to provide comprehensive protection.
13 lut 2023 · Ambulances were excluded from the federal law that banned most types of surprise medical bills, and there's no solution in sight.
2 lis 2023 · To lower costs and improve billing for patients who need ground ambulance services, federal lawmakers should ban surprise bills, limit patient cost-sharing and make bills easier to understand,...
10 wrz 2021 · The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 prevents states from regulating prices charged by air carriers (which includes air ambulance transport). The No Surprises Act, a component of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, addresses surprise air ambulance bills, effective January 1, 2022.
