BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ) — The No Surprises Act went into effect Saturday across the country, offering consumers protection from surprise billing after receiving out-of-network emergency care. Some of the services covered under the act include emergency medicine, anesthesia, pathology, radiology, laboratory, neonatology, assistant surgeon, hospitalist and intensivist services. “Our office has received complaints for many years from consumers faced with unfair and financially devastating surprise medical bills,” Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh said. These protections in the No Surprises Act will not apply to those who have Medicare, Medicaid, Indian Health Services, Veterans Affairs Health Care, or TRICARE coverage, given that they already have protections against medical bills built-in to their program. For more information on the No Surprises Act, check out the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website.

Source: CNN January 04, 2022 04:33 UTC