Standard Notice of Right to Receive a Good Faith Estimate
PDF of Right to Receive a Good Faith Estimate of Expected Charges Notice posting Must be posted in office/facility where scheduling occurs and on website
Estimate and consent for out-of-network (OON) billing in non-emergency situations
Example of OON consent and estimate provided by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Example of OON consent and estimate automatically created by BuildMyHealth:
Good Faith Estimate Template for uninsured, self-pay and possibly aesthetic procedures
Example of Good Faith Estimate (GFE) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS): Example of automated estimate created by BuildMyHealth platform:
Does the No Surprises Act apply to aesthetic services?
In a chat thread with colleagues on our mutual trade organizations’ message board, there was a question about providing Good Faith Estimates (GFE) for aesthetic procedures under the No Surprises Act. I stated that I didn’t think GFEs were required for aesthetic procedures but a representative from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) commented […]
An easy way to create a Good Faith Estimate and comply with the No Surprises Act
The No Surprises Act is officially here. It went into effect on January 1st, 2022. Yes, it’s another layer of regulatory legislation that you, the provider, are required to follow. Yes, it outlaws out-of-network balance billing in all emergency situations and many non-emergency situations. But that may not be the biggest issue for most providers. […]
Will plastic surgeons lead the price transparency revolution?
Check out this excellent overview by Kelly Gooch of Becker’s Healthcare Review on the recent BuildMyBod Health peer-reviewed article on price transparency and lead generation. Reprinted in its entirety here: Will plastic surgeons lead the price transparency revolution? Plastic surgeons, longtime participants in the self-pay healthcare sector, have traditionally avoided providing pricing information online. […]