Providers: Texas Law Permits Emergency Care Billing, Quantum Meruit Claims

Mealey's (November 11, 2021, 1:21 PM EST) -- AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court should affirm that the state’s emergency care laws require payment for out-of-network emergency at the usual and customary rate, that providing care to insureds can form the basis of a quantum meruit claim and that providers have standing to pursue their case, emergency care providers tell the court in a Nov. 8 brief on the merits....