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Good faith estimates legal cheat sheet

In every great organization, there is a group of poor souls tasked with legislation compliance. You've probably heard them sighing loudly around the office. Today, we thought we'd help them with some good old fashioned legal cheat sheets.

December 7, 2022
Good faith estimates legal cheat sheet

Authors

Mark Slifer
Senior Growth Executive, Life Sciences

GFEs have been on quite a journey in 2022, and even though the co-provider and co-facility requirement has been extended indefinitely as of last week, GFEs for convening providers are still required as of 1/1/2022. Our free Instant GFE product allows you to create, download and email an estimate, all within one HIPAA compliant platform. But what does that even mean? How do you know if you need to deliver estimates at all? Allow us to clear it all up for you:

Cheat Sheets:

If you require extra guidance or a distraction from the inevitability of life, feel free to send us an email.

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