January 26, 2022: MGMA urges HHS to delay uninsured or self-pay good faith estimate requirements

January 26, 2022 

The Honorable Xavier Becerra
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20201

The Honorable Chiquita Brooks-LaSure
Administrator
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
200 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, DC 20201

RE: Enforcement Discretion for Uninsured or Self-Pay Good Faith Estimate Requirements

Dear Secretary Becerra and Administrator Brooks-LaSure:

On behalf of our member medical group practices, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) urges you to use the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS’s) enforcement discretion for the uninsured or self-pay good faith estimate (GFE) requirements for providers, fully implementing the requirement at the same time the advanced explanation of benefit (AEOB) requirement is finalized.

 

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