October 15, 2019
On April 4, 2019, Gov. Grisham signed SB 337, also known as the Surprise Billing Protection Act, effective January 1, 2020. The Surprise Billing Protection Act may apply when an insured person receives out-of-network emergency care or receives non-emergency care from a nonparticipating provider at a participating facility. Under these circumstances, the Act provides that the insured person is responsible only for the amount that would have been paid for services from a participating facility or provider. The Act also establishes a system whereby the provider is reimbursed for the difference between what the provider charged and what the insurer paid, applying a reimbursement rate set by the Act and informed by benchmarking data.
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