New York Judge Nixes Suit Over Surprise Medical Bill Arbitrators

A New York federal judge rejected a neurosurgery practice’s claims that federal agencies are allowing insurers to abuse the arbitrator selection process for surprise medical bill disputes, saying the court lacks authority to rewrite the rules.

The case is one of several challenging the implementation of the No Surprises Act, which requires doctors and insurers to undergo arbitration for certain out-of-network bills rather than billing the patient. The same practice is also suing over what it says is an insufficient number of arbitrators to handle cases.

Neurological Surgery Practice of Long Island, PLLC sued the Health and Human Services, Labor, ...