𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝗮𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗿𝘀’ 𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘄𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗢𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀 — 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗱 — 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗼 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗔𝗰𝘁 𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮?
A federal judge in Georgia just dismissed, with prejudice, the third insurer lawsuit this year accusing a billing intermediary of gaming the No Surprises Act's arbitration process. Same result in California. Same result in Texas. The insurers' argument has been consistent: high provider win rates in arbitration are evidence of a rigged or abused system. [...]