The AHA and American Medical Association have moved to dismiss their challenge to the federal government’s September 2021 interim final rule governing the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process. The groups said the lawsuit became moot when the Administration released a revised final rule on the independent dispute resolution process last month.
However, the groups said they intended to “make our voices heard in the courts very soon” about continued problems with both the interim and final rules, Healthcare Finance reports.
The final rule continues to favor insurers and does not line up with what Congress intended when it passed the law, the groups said.
“We have serious concerns that the August 2022 final rule departs from Congressional intent just as the September 2021 interim final rule did,” the AHA and AMA said by joint statement. “Hospitals and doctors intend to make our voices heard in the courts very soon about these continued problems.”
The lawsuit filed in December 2021 did not seek to prevent the No Surprises Act core patient protections from moving forward. It sought to force the Administration to alter regulations over dispute negotiations between provider and payer. Read more.
