December 8, 2022
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced it is delaying enforcement of a provision of the No Surprises Act set to begin on January 1, 2023.
The No Surprises Act requires that self-paying and uninsured patients be given a good faith estimate of their medical costs, if requested. The good faith estimate requires that the patient be given an estimate of all applicable costs, including expected charges for any item or service that is reasonably expected to be provided in conjunction with the scheduled or requested item or service. The expected charges include those provided by co-providers or co-facilities. This most commonly occurs in multispecialty scenarios, such as surgical procedures where a surgeon schedules their own time as well as that of other providers who will be involved in the surgery.
The enforcement of this requirement is being delayed until future rulemaking is issued to allow facilities more time to set up the necessary infrastructure to coordinate with all other facilities/providers when creating the required good faith estimate.
See additional information from CMS here.
October 9, 2025
The MMA is partnering with Hennepin Healthcare to offer an in-person session on “Supporting Patients, Families, and Professionals in the Aftermath of Crisis” on October 21 from 6 to 8 pm in Room RL110 at the HCMC Red Building, 730 South 8th Street, in Minneapolis.
October 9, 2025
The MMA, in partnership with the Wisconsin Medical Society, will lead a panel discussion titled "The Role of Medical and Professional Societies in Supporting Clinicians and Community Health" at the Transforming Community and Rural Healthcare 2025: Bold Innovation and Partnerships symposium, to be held on October 27-28, at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester.
October 2, 2025
The federal government shutdown will affect the Minnesota healthcare system in several important ways.