Agencies Out to ‘Tilt Scales’ on Surprise Billing, Hospitals Say

Federal agencies “have repeatedly sought to tilt the scales” in favor of health insurers in implementing the No Surprises Act, hospital and physician groups said in an amicus brief filed in a case before the Fifth Circuit.

The American Hospital Association and the American Medical Association filed their brief in support of the Texas Medical Association, which is challenging a multiagency rule implementing the independent dispute resolution process under the No Surprises Act to settle payment disputes. The groups said the rule, which was overturned by the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in February, “places a ...