Qmedtrix Faces Counter-Claim after Challenging FairPay Settlement

The Louisiana hospitals and surgery centers that reached a settlement agreement last month in a repricing dispute with FairPay Solutions have now drawn into the battle an Oregon bill-review firm that tried to intervene in their class-action lawsuit.Qmedtrix, based in Portland, Ore., filed a motion to intervene in the FairPay lawsuit, charging that the proposed settlement agreement would give Addison, Texas-based FairPay a virtual monopoly over the repricing of outpatient medical bills in the state workers’ compensation system.On Aug. 17, the same day that 27th Judicial District Judge Alo...