Medical Billing Arbitration Frozen in Wake of Judge’s Decision (1)

A federal judge threw out a sharp increase in fees for those seeking arbitration in medical billing disputes, prompting the Biden administration to suspend its independent dispute resolution process.

Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on Thursday ruled in favor of the Texas Medical Association and additional medical providers who complained in January that the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury, as well as the Office of Personnel Management, hadn’t established “a fair and workable” process for payments disputes “that allows out-of-network physicians to obtain reasonable compensation for ...