The U.S. District Court in Connecticut certified three questions to the Connecticut Supreme Court regarding the interpretation of the state’s Surprising Billing Law and whether a party can successfully maintain an action under the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act that does not violation the Connecticut Unfair Insurance Practices Act.
A June 29 order by U.S. District Judge Sarala V. Nagala for the District of Connecticut certified questions stemming from a dispute between insurer Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Inc. and a group of emergency-room physicians, NEMS PLLC. The dispute regarded whether Harvard Pilgrim’s payments to NEMS for emergency medical services violated the Connecticut Surprise Billing Law, CUIA and CUTPA.
