A Year After the No Surprises Act: What We've Learned and What to Watch Out For

On January 1, 2022, the No Surprises Act (NSA) went into effect with a focus on protecting individuals from surprise billings for out-of-network services. A year later, we have now seen the impacts, including how federal and state governments are increasing enforcement, resulting in increased reprimands for organizations not abiding by the newly enacted law.

Foley partner Nick Welle, chair of the firm’s Health Benefits Practice, and associates Alexandra Shalom and Kara Sweet are hosting an informative CLE webinar on September 28, covering how the NSA has affected the health care industry a year after going into effect. This webinar will focus on:

• Where does the Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Process (IDR) stand now (challenges to IDR, delayed implementation, and over 300,000 disputes filed from April 2022 to March 2023),
• Trends and learnings from the NSA and parallel price transparency laws (the Hospital Price Transparency Requirements and the Transparency in Coverage Rule),
• Looking forward: CMS’ Request for Information on the NSA in the Proposed CY 2024 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System.

To register, please click here.

CLE

­Applications for accreditation will be submitted to CO, FL, NY, and WI for up to one credit hours (50-minute hour) and CA, IL, TX, UT, and VA for up to one credits hours (60-minute hour). Uniform Certificates of Attendance will be provided to attendees seeking credit in other jurisdictions.

Foley & Lardner LLP is an approved MCLE provider in California, Colorado, Illinois, New York, Texas, and Utah.

For purposes of New York CLE credit, this program is appropriate for newly admitted attorneys only OR experienced attorneys only OR both newly admitted and experienced attorneys. Certificates of attendance will be distributed to eligible participants approximately eight weeks after the program via email.