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BULLETINMay 1, 2024

[Official Guidance]

Text of Agency FAQs, Part 67: No Surprises Act Implementation (PDF)

"[T]he Departments and OPM will exercise their enforcement discretion under the relevant No Surprises Act provisions for any plan or issuer, or party to a payment dispute in the Federal IDR process, that uses a QPA calculated in accordance with the methodology under the July 2021 interim final rules and guidance in effect immediately before the decision in TMA III, for items and services furnished before November 1, 2024. Similarly, for items and services furnished before November 1, 2024, HHS will exercise enforcement discretion under the relevant No Surprises Act provisions for a provider, facility, or provider of air ambulance services that bills, or holds liable, a participant, beneficiary, or enrollee for a cost-sharing amount based on a QPA calculated in accordance with the methodology under the July 2021 interim final rules and guidance in effect immediately before the decision in TMA III."   MORE >>

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [HHS]; U.S. Department of Labor [DOL]; and U.S. Treasury Department

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