{
  "id": 881141,
  "title": "5th Circuit strikes down No Surprises billing benchmark in win for providers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/5th-circuit-strikes-down-no-surprises-billing-benchmark-in-win-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T12:58:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Healthcare Dive",
    "slug": "healthcare-dive",
    "url": "https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/5th-circuit-vacates-nsa-qpa-ghost-rate-tma-ruling/827771/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The court ruled Tuesday that insurers can’t include ghost rates or exclude bonus payments in calculating a metric used to determine reimbursement for out-of-network bills. That’s set to further inflate payouts to providers.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}