Big surprise. But not really.
The Interim Final Rule (IFR) for the federal No Surprises Act, released last month, appears to offer bad news for out-of-network providers (OON), which does not come as a surprise to heathcare attorney Thomas Force, who will return to the Monitor Mondays broadcast.
Force will explain, citing that the guidance is focused on what the bill defines as good-faith estimates for uninsured and self-pay patients, along with the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process between providers, facililies, and health plans. Force contends that the IFR has left many questions unanswered, and appears to be written for the benefit of health plans and carriers. Listen during the next live edition of Monitor Mondays, when there will be new light shed on a simmering old issue: providers versus payors.
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