HAMPTON, Va. (WAVY) — The staff at the Patient Advocate Foundation (PAF) are keeping a close watch for any potential surprises resulting from a new law designed to eliminate them. The three-month checkup for the No Surprises Act shows that it’s working well in most areas, but the national watchdog […]
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With Russian sanctions, small companies may be in for a big surprise
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on developments in Ukraine and Russia, and announces sanctions against Russia, from the East Room of the White House February 22, 2022 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Over 400 multinational corporations have pulled out of Russia as a result of its invasion […]
Surprise Billing Ban Opens Door for CFPB to Curb Medical Debt
A new federal ban on surprise medical bills gives the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau a path to limit how much medical debt is posted to consumer credit reports. The CFPB recently announced that it was looking into whether uncollected medical bills should be included on credit reports at all. Such […]
Bill of the Month: $80,000 surprise could still happen under new law : Shots
Sugar and Greg Bull play with their twins, Redford and Scarlett, who were born prematurely in 2020. Their insurance company initially said the births were not an emergency, and the family ended up with bills totaling more than $80,000. Heidi de Marco/Kaiser Health News hide caption toggle caption Heidi de […]
5 Ways You Might Still Get a Surprise Medical Bill
Even with the new legislation, there’s still a chance you could accidentally wind up with a surprise medical bill as hospitals and providers adjust to the new rules, says Pollitz at the Kaiser Family Foundation. Here’s what you can do if that happens. Don’t automatically pay it. Instead, start making […]
Column: A new law aims to protect you from surprise (read: bonkers) medical bills
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned debt collectors and credit agencies last week that they need to step more carefully when it comes to trashing people’s credit scores because of stratospheric medical bills. The agency’s notice underlines that the federal No Surprises Act took effect this month, protecting people from […]
New laws in 2022 address surprise medical bills, chained pets, cocktails-to-go
The new year will bring a host of new laws that take effect starting Saturday on issues from surprise medical bills to restraints for the family pet. Protections from unexpected medical bills kick in on New Year’s Day. A new federal law, the No Surprises Act, requires insurance companies to […]
A federal ban on surprise medical bills takes effect Jan. 1
If you’ve ever been surprised by an unexpected out-of-network medical bill, some protections are on the way. Starting Jan. 1, 2022, the “No Surprises Act” consumer protection law goes into effect. This legislation will ban most forms of surprise billing, or balance billing, in which a person unknowingly gets medical […]
Law aiming to protect consumers against surprise medical bills takes effect : NPR
Adrian Florido speaks with Kaiser Health News reporter Julie Appleby about the No Surprises Act, which went into effect on Jan.1. ADRIAN FLORIDO, HOST: Unexpected medical bills from out-of-network providers have been an all too common reality for many Americans. Often they come after a visit to a hospital emergency […]
Starting New Year’s Day, a new law makes many surprise medical bills illegal
One of the many constants of American medical care in the past few years has been the unexpected: Surprise medical bills. Around one in every six times someone checks into the hospital, or is taken to an emergency room, the treatment is followed by a surprise medical bill, a 2019 […]