The No Surprises Act aims to protect consumers from unexpected medical bills. Beginning January 1, 2022, healthcare providers are mandated to provide patients, who are uninsured or who are insured but do not plan to use their insurance benefits to pay for healthcare services, with an estimate of the bill for non-emergency healthcare items and services. This is called a Good Faith Estimate, which is a provision under the No Surprises Act. This new regulation aims to provide transparency to consumers regarding how much they will be charged for anticipated non-emergency healthcare services before their appointment and to protect them from surprises when they receive their healthcare bill.

As a client, you have the right to...

• Receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of non-emergency healthcare items or services. I provide this prior to commencing treatment. This does not include no-shows, late cancellations, or other services related to crisis management, which are unexpected and therefore cannot be predicted for the purpose of projecting costs.

• Dispute a bill that you receive that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate.

If you have more questions about Good Faith Estimates and need more guidance, you can learn more at: https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises.