AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Some health care officials worry a recent Texas Supreme Court ruling may have broader implications on how hospitals and health insurers negotiate billing rates.
The state's high court voted last week in favor of Crystal Roberts, an uninsured woman who was billed more than $11,000 for an emergency room visit in 2015, the Dallas Morning News reported .
The court ruled the North Cypress Medical Center must share its discounted rates with health insurers to prove Roberts' bill was "reasonable" compared to an insured patient's billing.
The hospital tried preventing the confiden...
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