Becker's Healthcare February 7, 2023
A federal judge in Texas has handed another win to the Texas Medical Association and medical providers nationwide against HHS over a challenge to the arbitration process between out-of-network providers and payers that was established under the No Surprises Act.
On Feb. 6, U.S. District Judge Jeremy Kernodle ruled that the revised arbitration process “continues to place a thumb on the scale” in favor of insurers and “that the challenged portions of the final rule are unlawful and must be set aside…”
The lawsuit was originally filed in September alongside UT Health Tyler Regional Hospital and a physician. The AHA and the AMA, along with 30 additional national and state medical groups, filed amicus briefs in support of the lawsuit....
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