10/08/2026
$144.27. That’s how much less an insurance company paid a Washington doctor than he billed for treating a patient, and the dispute went all the way to the Washington Supreme Court.
That case opens Christopher’s new article, “What Does ‘Reasonable’ Mean?”, in the September/October issue of Pierce County Lawyer, the Tacoma-Pierce County Bar Association’s magazine. It traces twenty years of Washington insurance law to a question that matters more every year: what happens when the decision on your claim comes from a computer program instead of a person?
Washington’s new claims-handling rules take effect October 18. Christopher explains some of what they change and what they leave open.