The No Surprises Act Goes into Effect: New Hospital Requirements
January 5, 2022 Beginning with the first day of 2022, out-of-network (OON) providers are no longer allowed to engage in what is known as balance billing when providing services in an in-network facility. Balance billing for emergency services is now prohibited in both in-network and OON facilities. As you will recall, the No Surprises Act (NSA) was passed into law back in December 2020 but wasn’t to become effective until January 1, 2022. In the meantime, the Department of Health…