PATHOLOGY GROUPS AND CLINICAL LABS HAD UNTIL SEPTEMBER 7 to comment on an interim final rule that provides federal protections against surprise billing and limits out-of-network (OON) cost sharing under many of the circumstances in which surprise bills arise most frequently. On July 1, 2021, four federal agencies issued an interim final rule (IFR) with […]
- Regulatory Update
Comment Period Closing on Federal Surprise Billing Rule
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XXVIII, No. 12 - September 7, 2021 Issue
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