Oct 26, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
When Congress passed the No Surprises Act, the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process was intended to settle occasional payment disputes between providers and health plans. Regulators originally estimated that the process would handle 17,000 disputes a year. In...
Oct 20, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
At a time when CMS is actively assessing re-certification for select arbitrators, also known as IDR entities (IDREs), a new investigation by STAT News finds that arbitrators are profiting from a system with little accountability or oversight, siding with providers in...
Oct 15, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Private Equity
With affordability top of mind for voters and policymakers heading into the midterm elections, Paragon Health Institute’s Brian Blase and Jackson Hammond make the case in a new Washington Post op-ed that tackling the “unintended consequences of the No Surprises Act’s...
Oct 14, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
Patients are largely protected from surprise medical bills, but they are paying the price for certain private equity-backed providers and out-of-network specialists who abuse the No Surprises Act. A new CBS News investigation examines how the law’s arbitration process...
Oct 13, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
While the No Surprises Act largely succeeded in preventing consumers from receiving surprise medical bills, rising costs — amounting to more than $22.4 billion — generated by misuse and abuse of the law’s independent dispute resolution (IDR) process are cutting into...
Oct 7, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
After a new federal rule slashed the administrative fee for initiating IDR disputes by 87% — from $115 to just $15, nearly 400,000 disputes were initiated in July 2026 alone. This 24% jump in just one month is one of the latest signals that the IDR process has veered...
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