Insurer: Out-Of-Network Provider Can’t Sue Under Virginia Emergency Care Law

(February 1, 2021, 1:17 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Nothing in a state law mirroring the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and mandating insurance coverage for emergency care creates a private right of action for out-of-network providers, a conclusion buttressed by the fact that the Legislature later created a system for those types of claims in a subsequent amendment, an insurer tells the Virginia Supreme Court in a Jan. 27 opening brief....