JHC June 2022

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No Surprises Act is Flawed: Doctors They support the concept but not the proposed resolution process for payment disputes.

The No Surprises Act of 2020 has gotten off to a rocky start since it went into effect on January 1. Few people oppose the concept, that is, protecting patients from receiving bigger-than-anticipated bills from their provider following a procedure, or totally unanticipated bills from out-of-network providers (e.g., emergency room physicians, orthopedists, radiologists) who participated in their care.

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