A dispute between Highmark and UPMC over the pricing of cancer treatment services should be heard in court and should not be sent to arbitration, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
A unanimous three-judge panel of the court Dec. 2 rejected UPMC’s attempts to arbitrate claims that Highmark, a health care insurance provider, brought against the hospital company claiming it improperly changed its billing practices for oncology-related services. The ruling in Highmark v. UPMC affirmed the lower court’s decision to overrule UPMC’s preliminary objections and deny the company’s motion seeking to compel arbitration.
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