1/ Great potential news on the #NSA @texmed & @AdamCorley lawsuit response from @CMSGov --quoting--"The Departments are reviewing the court’s decision and considering next steps. This announcement serves as a notification to health care providers, emergency facilities....
2/ "providers of air ambulance services, group health plans, health insurance issuers, Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Carriers (“Disputing Parties”), and certified IDR entities of steps the Departments are taking to conform to the court’s order. Specifically, the ....
3/ Departments will:
1.Effective immediately, withdraw guidance documents that are based on, or that refer to, the portions of the Rule that the court invalidated. Once these documents have been updated to conform with the court’s order, we will promptly repost the updated....
1.Effective immediately, withdraw guidance documents that are based on, or that refer to, the portions of the Rule that the court invalidated. Once these documents have been updated to conform with the court’s order, we will promptly repost the updated....
4/ documents.
2.Provide training on the revised guidance for certified IDR entities and Disputing Parties. This training will be offered through webinars and roundtable discussions, and will occur after the above-referenced documents are updated......
2.Provide training on the revised guidance for certified IDR entities and Disputing Parties. This training will be offered through webinars and roundtable discussions, and will occur after the above-referenced documents are updated......
5/ 3. Open the IDR process for submissions through the IDR Portal. For disputes for which the open negotiation period has expired, the Departments will permit submission of a notice of initiation of the IDR process within 15 business days following the opening of the IDR Portal.
6/ Also, "This court’s order did not affect any of the Departments’ other rulemaking under the No Surprises Act. Thus, consumers continue to be protected from surprise bills for out-of-network emergency services, out-of-network air ambulance services, and certain out-of-network..
7/ "services received at in-network facilities." More coming in few minutes...
Folks that’s “withdraw guidance”—now reading an X-ray, CT or MR is way over my ski’s—but I can say that the number of times I’ve read those words from @CMSGov in nearly 3 decades is well….never!
8/ @LorenAdler you may want to read the CMS announcement last night regarding the Sept. 2021 IFR, quoted above in full & cited here.
9/ Here is the US Dept. of Labor announcement in case there was any doubt that ERISA plans would be covered in the announcement by CMS-dol.gov/agencies/ebsa/…
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