Doctors Win Again in Challenge Over Medical Billing Disputes (1)

Key provisions of the government’s regulation that established how payments should be determined in disputes between health insurers and out-of-network providers were overturned Thursday by a federal judge.

Judge Jeremy Kernodle of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas granted in part motions by a group of Texas doctors and other plaintiffs for summary judgment and denied in part a cross-motion for summary judgment by the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury. Kernodle vacated a number of provisions in the regulations and remanded them to the HHS and other federal agencies for further ...