Combat surprise medical billing by requiring insurance companies to regularly update their directories.

Rep. Davids introduced legislation to combat surprise medical billing by requiring insurance companies to regularly update their directories, so people are aware of what their costs will be ahead of time.

Davids is presented as introducing legislation to address surprise medical billing through updated insurance directories.

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Public Law 116-260 includes Division BB, Title I, cited as the No Surprises Act, with section 102 addressing surprise medical billing and section 116 titled protecting patients and improving the accuracy of provider directory information.

The enacted law connects the relevant provider-directory provisions to the federal No Surprises Act, directly matching the surprise-billing context of the promise.

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Public Law 116-260, Division BB, Title I, No Surprises Act
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For plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, each group health plan and health insurance issuer offering group or individual coverage must establish a verification process, response protocol, public database, and directory notice. The verification process must verify and update provider directory information not less frequently than once every 90 days and update the database within 2 business days after receiving provider or facility information.

Congress enacted the precise requirement promised: health insurance issuers must regularly verify and update provider directories, with a 90-day verification cycle and rapid updates after new information.

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Public Law 116-260, Division BB, Title I, No Surprises Act
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Current U.S. Code states that for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, each group health plan and health insurance issuer must establish provider-directory requirements. It requires verification and updates of provider directory information at least every 90 days, a public website database, and protections limiting cost sharing when an enrollee relies on incorrect network information.

The requirement remains codified in federal law, showing the promise was not merely attempted but enacted and operative.

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42 U.S.C. 300gg-115: Protecting patients and improving the accuracy of provider directory information
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Current U.S. Code requires each health care provider and facility, beginning not later than January 1, 2022, to have business processes to timely provide provider directory information to group health plans or health insurance issuers, including when network agreements begin or terminate and when material changes occur.

The law also imposes supporting duties on providers and facilities so insurers can maintain accurate directories, reinforcing implementation of the directory-update promise.

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42 U.S.C. 300gg-139: Provider requirements to protect patients and improve the accuracy of provider directory information
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On December 21, 2020, the House passed H.R. 133 on concurring in the Senate amendment with amendment except divisions B, C, E, and F by 359-53. The roll call lists Davids (KS), Democratic, Kansas, as voting Yea.

Davids voted for the H.R. 133 passage vote covering Division BB, which contained the No Surprises Act and provider-directory provisions; this is direct evidence of concrete legislative support during her first House term.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House Roll Call 251, H.R. 133
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Congress.gov records H.R. 133 as the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, in the 116th Congress and records final enactment as Public Law 116-260 on December 27, 2020.

This confirms the legislative vehicle containing the No Surprises Act became law during Davids's 2019-2021 House term.

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Congress.gov Actions: H.R. 133, 116th Congress, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
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CMS describes its No Surprise Billing initiative as ending surprise medical bills and says providers, facilities, plans, and issuers can use the site to comply with surprise billing protections and resolve out-of-network payment disputes.

The responsible federal agency maintains an implementation and compliance program for the No Surprises Act protections, supporting that the policy is in force beyond enactment.

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CMS: No Surprise Billing
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