No Surprises Act

 


Understand the No Surprises Act. Under Section 2799B-6 of the Public Health Service Act, health care providers and facilities are required to inform individuals who are do not have insurance or are not seeking to file a claim with their plan or coverage with a “Good Faith Estimate,” (GFE) of expected charges. This GFE should be present both orally and in writing at the time of scheduling health care items and services, to receive a “Good Faith Estimate” of expected charges. Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have insurance or who are not using insurance to cover services an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services.

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