Washington High Court Issues Mandate After Majority Rules In Favor Of Insurer

Mealey's (April 30, 2024, 1:04 PM EDT) -- OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Supreme Court issued a mandate following the majority’s earlier finding that an insurer’s practice of reducing bills for personal injury protection (PIP) coverage to the 80th percentile of charges and its use of a third-party database to determine the reasonableness of medical providers’ chargers is not unfair or unreasonable and does not constitute an unfair practice under the state’s Consumer Protection Act....