5th Cir. Denies Air Ambulance Bid to Revive Surprise Bills Case

Air ambulance companies won’t get another audience in front of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a case challenging whether judges can force insurers to pay arbitration awards over surprise medical bills.

Guardian Flight LLC and Med-Trans Corp. sued Health Care Service Corp. over unpaid bills in 2023, arguing the No Surprises Act requires insurance companies to pay up when they lose arbitration. The Fifth Circuit affirmed the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas’ decision in siding with HCSC June 12, determining that the No Surprises Act only gives parties a right to ...