Democrats urge binding arbitration for Highmark, UPMC

HARRISBURG - Nine state House and Senate Democratic leaders have joined the state Attorney General in asking a Commonwealth Court judge to force Highmark and UPMC into binding arbitration to resolve their differences and reverse UPMC’s decision to drop some Highmark members from UPMC’s in-network providers. The “friend of the court” brief was filed Tuesday, the day before Commonwealth Court President Judge Dan Pellegrini began hearing arguments in a complaint brought by the state Attorney…