Jun 16, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
When the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) puts out a public call for new research on the cost impacts of the No Surprises Act, it’s the latest signal that the law’s arbitration process, also known as Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR), has veered far off course. In...
May 28, 2026 | Arbitration, Press Release, Private Equity
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the release of the final Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) operations rule, the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing (CASMB) issued the following statement: “Today’s final rule takes initial steps toward greater transparency and...
May 20, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
STAT’s Tara Bannow did a deeper dive into the extreme and exorbitant arbitration awards that are compounding the healthcare affordability crisis facing employers and Americans. Her latest story builds on the ongoing reporting from STAT, New York Times, Bloomberg, and...
May 13, 2026 | Arbitration, Press Release
‘Fox Guarding the Hen House’ Leading to Abuse of IDR Process at Americans’ Expense Washington, D.C. – As abuse and misuse of the No Surprises Act continues from some private equity-backed and out-of-network providers, a new ad campaign highlights how misaligned...
Apr 22, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
A new investigation from New York Times details how certain out-of-network providers have “flooded the arbitration system with millions of claims” under the No Surprises Act’s Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process—often “collecting fees hundreds of times higher...
Apr 15, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
A new lawsuit filed by EmblemHealth lays out one of the most shocking accounts of how an out-of-network provider has allegedly contorted the No Surprises Act’s Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) into a personal ATM. The numbers are staggering. The complaint...
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