Collection Actions: 9.4.3.23 New Mexico
New Mexico’s Surprise Billing Protection Act became effective on January 1, 2020, and provides that disputed bills are to be reimbursed at a “surprise bill reimbursement rate” set at the sixtieth percentile of the typical allowed commercial insurance reimbursement rate.812
New Mexico’s Patients’ Debt Collection Protection Act applies to both nonprofit and for-profit large health care providers, as well as debt collectors and debt buyers.813