{"data":{"id":"us-wa/rcw-48.30.350","jurisdiction":"us-wa","citation":"RCW 48.30.350","heading":"Initiating arbitration of claims under the balance billing protection act with such frequency as to indicate a health carrier's general business practice.","body":"(1) It is an unfair or deceptive practice for a health carrier to initiate, with such frequency as to indicate a general business practice, arbitration under RCW 48.49.040 with respect to claims submitted by out-of-network providers for services included in RCW 48.49.020 that request payment of a commercially reasonable amount, based on payments for the same or similar services provided in a similar geographic area.\n(2) As used in this section, \"health carrier\" has the same meaning as in RCW 48.43.005.","path":["Title 48","Chapter 48.30"],"source_url":"https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=48.30.350","current_through":"July 15, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T03:13:59Z","sha256":"61edf27440037b1a972c04ce20231ee8278fd378c62e06264a0a6badeb8e9fd7","source_id":"us-wa","stale":false,"prev":"us-wa/rcw-48.30.340","next":"us-wa/rcw-48.30.360"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}