Emergency medicine groups face several changes this year, including a new federal ban on surprise medical billing, updates to the Medicare reimbursement formula, changes to the CMS MIPS program, and new billable services. Below is a summary of these changes provided by the experts at Brault Practice Solutions.
Read moreSurprise Medical Billing Protections Coming for Participants in 2022
Beginning in 2022, employer-sponsored health plans will be required to pay providers certain emergency and out-of-network charges that would have otherwise been balance billed to participants.
That is the centerpiece of the No Surprises Act, part of the sprawling Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, which was signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 27, 2020.
Read moreA Look at the Current State of ERISA Class Action Litigation
This OnPoint is the first in a series that will examine important trends and developments in class action litigation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Here, we look at the current litigation landscape, including the types of ERISA cases that currently are being filed, the recent Supreme Court decisions, and the substantial settlements paid in many recent ERISA cases.
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