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HEALTH POLICY & CARE • UNITED STATES
Two groups lose federal contracts to arbitrate surprise-billing disputes
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The Trump administration is ending the contracts of two groups that arbitrate disputes over surprise medical bills, citing failure to meet minimum performance standards, according to STAT. The supplied report does not describe the effect on pending disputes or patients.
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Why it matters
The change may affect insurers, health care providers and patients whose surprise-billing disputes use the federal arbitration process. The scale and timing of any effect are not specified in the supplied report.
What happens next
The two groups will lose their government contracts, according to STAT. The supplied article does not say what will replace them or how existing cases will be handled.
Which organizations will handle disputes instead
How pending and future arbitration cases will be handled