{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-33-20e-9","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 33-20E-9","heading":"Arbitration of payment issues.","body":"(a) If an out-of-network provider concludes that payment received from an insurer pursuant to Code Section 33-20E-4 or 33-20E-5 or if an out-of-network facility concludes that payment received from an insurer pursuant to Code Section 33-20E-4 is not sufficient given the complexity and circumstances of the services provided, the provider or facility may initiate a request for arbitration with the Commissioner. Such provider or facility shall submit such request within 30 days of receipt of payment for the claim and concurrently provide the insurer with a copy of such request.\n(b) A request for arbitration may involve a single patient and a single type of healthcare service, a single patient and multiple types of healthcare services, multiple patients and a single type of healthcare service, or multiple substantially similar healthcare services in the same specialty on multiple patients.","path":["TITLE 33 Insurance","CHAPTER 20E Surprise Billing Consumer Protection Act"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.33.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"434034bf28d2fc990b364571b3bda617221740f496aac3eb9bdff4777e8f029c","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-33-20e-8","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-33-20e-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}