Judge Vacates ‘No Surprises’ Out-Of-Network Air Ambulance Arbitration Rule

Mealey's (July 28, 2022, 1:52 PM EDT) -- TYLER, Texas — By overweighting the qualifying payment amount over five other arbitration factors used to determine the proper reimbursement for out-of-network air ambulance providers the Department of Health and Human Services violated the statute, a federal judge in Texas said July 26 in denying a motion for transfer as a waste of judicial resources while vacating and remanding portions of the rule....