Insurer’s Percentile Practice Is Not Unfair, Washington Majority Rules In Reversal

Mealey's (February 15, 2024, 2:01 PM EST) -- OLYMPIA, Wash. — A majority of the Washington Supreme Court on Feb. 15 held 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, reversing an appeals court’s ruling and remanding....