A neurosurgery practice couldn’t persuade a Brooklyn federal court to accept allegations that the federal government was letting insurers game the dispute resolution process for surprise medical bills, unable to convince the court it had the power to alter the process.
The Neurological Surgery Practice of Long Island filed its lawsuit under the Administrative Procedure Act, seeking court orders that would upend the independent dispute resolution process, or IDR, outlined in the No Surprises Act, arguing that insurers were abusing an alleged loophole in the system to have disputes heard by sympathetic arbitrators.