Judge Consolidates Surprise Billing Law Arbitration Challenges

Mealey's (October 7, 2022, 10:22 AM EDT) -- TYLER, Texas — A federal judge in Texas consolidated two cases challenging a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule allegedly requiring the No Surprises Act (NSA) arbitration process to primarily look to the qualifying payment amount before any other consideration and imposing “extrastatutory criteria” on party submissions....