Doctors Want More Surprise Billing Arbitration Cases Bundled (1)

Emergency room physicians and radiologists urged the Biden administration to make it easier to combine disputed claims in arbitration under the No Surprises Act in new comments on a recent proposed rule from four federal agencies.

The administration’s proposal (RIN 0928-AV15) for revamping the arbitration process should allow flexibility for emergency care providers to combine claims in arbitration, a process called “batching,” the American College of Emergency Physicians and the Emergency Department Practice Management Association, said in a comment letter. Clinical services received by emergency department patients contain “common elements” for evaluation and stabilization, regardless of their ...