DOJ: Texas Docs Have No Standing In Surprise Billing Case

The Department of Justice says a group of Texan physicians who sued over the government’s September interim final rule on the surprise billing law’s arbitration process lack standing in the case because they have not shown they were harmed. DOJ also argues that HHS and the Department of Labor’s call for arbiters to first look at the qualifying payment amount (QPA) and then other factors is in line with the statute, and the departments are entitled to the Chevron deference...