The Biden administration on Friday reopened a federal portal for the initiation of new billing disputes stemming from the No Surprises Act.
The NSA protects patients against bills for out-of-network services in emergencies and in situations where out-of-network providers provide services at facilities that are in patients’ insurance networks.
It also lays out an arbitration process for medical providers and insurers to resolve any disputes. But certain dispute resolution functions, including dispute initiation, were temporarily suspended beginning Aug. 3, as a result of recent court rulings.
More than 330,000 arbitration cases are now clogging the system.
On Sept. 21, the ...
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