Sep 17, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
A new Paragon Health Institute analysis urges Congress to reform IDR and address the misaligned incentives driving up costs for employers and consumers. The paper builds on mounting evidence of excessive arbitration awards and limited oversight, citing an estimated...
Aug 27, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
The city of San Antonio is $40 million over its employee healthcare budget this year following costly misuse and abuse of the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process by a handful of out-of-network providers. New reporting from the San Antonio Express-News details...
Aug 26, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
Untenable and unsustainable IDR costs are driving up premiums for employers and employees, and new data from researchers at Georgetown University uncovers how out-of-network providers’ abuse and misuse of arbitration has become a $22 billion affordability crisis....
Aug 25, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
Abuse of the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution (IDR) process by certain private equity-backed providers and IDR firms continues to drive up premium costs for employers, unions, and workers. POLITICO recently reported that one national health insurer is...
Aug 6, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
When Congress wrote the No Surprises Act, it borrowed its arbitration model from Major League Baseball. A new analysis from the New York Times lays out how that system has failed in healthcare. More than 2.5 million disputes went to arbitration last year, compared...
Aug 5, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
IDR abuse is accelerating. That’s the takeaway from a new analysis by the Niskanen Center, which dug into CMS’s latest data on the No Surprises Act’s arbitration process, covering the second half of 2025. Disputes are up nearly 75% year-over-year,...
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