Surprise medical bills occur when patients cannot avoid being treated by providers outside their health plan’s contracted network – either because the provider is not chosen by the patient, for ...

On Dec. 28, 2020, as part of its $900 billion stimulus bill, Congress passed the No Surprises Act (the act), which provides various health care consumer protections, particularly for out-of-network ...

Adam J. Petitt, left, and Steven B. Davis, right, of Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young. Beyond a routine annual check-up and an apple a day in hopes of keeping the doctor away, individuals enrolled in ...

On June 26, 2019, the Senate HELP Committee approved S. 1895, a bill that includes provisions to address surprise medical bills, on a bipartisan 20–3 vote. The broad support reflects the agreement ...

Let’s face it — no one likes getting a medical bill in the mail. Even when you know it’s coming, the sight of it still sends chills up the spine. One possible cause of the medical sticker shock ...

Consumer protection officials have downgraded the issue of surprise balance bills from one of the biggest consumer challenges to "barely an issue" since the Emergency Services and Balance Billing Law ...