Key legal question
Whether the cantonal arbitration court had jurisdiction over the tariff dispute between insurer and provider
Extracted holding
Yes. The dispute concerned a KVG-based legal relationship between insurer and provider, namely the applicable tariff for hospitalization.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 89 KVG covers all disputes between insurer and provider concerning KVG-derived legal relations, including tariff questions, also in the tier payant system.