Group Says High Court Rulings Gut Surprise Billing Regulations

The Fifth Circuit should toss the Biden administration’s rules on surprise medical bills in light of two major recent decisions from the US Supreme Court, a Texas doctor group argued in recent filings.

The Texas Medical Association on Monday urged the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to apply the Supreme Court decisions—Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo and Corner Post v. Board of Governors in two separate disputes over rules from the departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury.

TMA has filed a series of lawsuits challenging agency rules under the No Surprises Act, a ...