No Surprises Act

The No Surprises Act took effect at the beginning of 2022. Among many other reforms, the act protects patients from surprise medical billing in certain situations and creates a process for physicians and health insurance companies to settle payment amounts.

New requirements in the No Surprises Act pertain to:

• When care is provided by a health care professional who is out-of-network at an in-network facility
• Emergency services and post-stabilization care at hospitals or freestanding emergency departments
• Good faith estimates for self-pay and uninsured patients.

More information about the No Surprises Act and what it means for patients and physicians: https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/ama-nsa-toolkit.pdf