Another Court Holds in Favor of Air Ambulance Company in Billing Dispute

Insurance carriers, state officials and attorneys for airlifted patients are growing increasingly frustrated with a spate of recent court rulings that continue to block state fee schedules and regulations, including those that ban the practice of balance billing. Most agreed that it's going to take a U.S. Supreme Court ruling or a new federal law to put the brakes on what they call air ambulance companies' sky-high fees. But air transport companies argue that those concerns overlook the fact that life-saving helicopters and airplanes are extremely expensive, and communities need ...