Key legal question
Whether the cantonal arbitration court had jurisdiction over the physician-insurer dispute under KVG.
Extracted holding
Yes. The dispute concerned KVG-based legal relationships between a health insurer and a service provider, so the arbitration court was competent.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 89 KVG is construed broadly; jurisdiction exists whenever the dispute concerns legal relationships arising from or based on KVG and the parties face each other in their roles as insurer and provider, even if the patient is the one who ultimately owes payment under the Tiers garant system.