NAHU Celebrates Regulatory Victory Following Surprise-Billing Interim Final Rules

Published: Oct. 8, 2021, midnight

Last week federal agencies published an interim final rule regarding requirements related to surprise billing. This much-anticipated IFR, considered \u201cPart 2\u201d of the administration\u2019s surprise billing ban regulations, deals with the process to settle out-of-network payment disputes that will arise between providers and payers in addition to outlining requirements for healthcare cost estimates for uninsured, or self-paying, individuals. On this week\u2019s episode of the Healthcare Happy Hour, Marcy M. Buckner is here to discuss the IFR, how exactly this dispute resolution process works, and how this is a victory for NAHU.