Kaiser, Capital Health Shed Air Ambulances’ IDR Award Challenges

Two air ambulance companies who filed complaints under the No Surprises Act failed to sufficiently allege why the court should vacate two independent dispute resolution awards, a federal judge ruled.

Med-Trans Corp. and Reach Air Medical Services LLC filed similar complaints against Capital Health Plan Inc. and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., respectively. The air ambulance companies challenged C2C Innovations Solutions Inc.'s IDR decisions based on alleged misrepresentation of a qualified payment amount. C2C was randomly selected as the arbitrator in the NSA IDR process for both disputes, the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida ...