Jul 28, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
STAT’s Tara Bannow recently published an investigation into Nutex Health, a hospital operator whose financial turnaround from near bankruptcy has been fueled by abusing the No Surprises Act’s arbitration process. Her reporting builds on the growing body of...
Jul 24, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
In The New York Times, the headline was “Trump Administration Says Surprise Billing Law Is Being ‘Gamed’ by Doctors.” In The Wall Street Journal, it was “Medical Billing Arbitration Paid Out $15 Billion to Providers in Surprise Bill...
Jul 23, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
Just when you thought IDR awards couldn’t be any more outrageous, the latest data released by CMS confirms that the extreme and excessive IDR payouts in 2025 alone have totaled nearly $15 billion – a 275% increase from 2024. IDR abuse is the healthcare affordability...
Jul 22, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
The Wall Street Journal previewed new CMS data that show $15 billion in independent dispute resolution (IDR) awards to out-of-network providers under the No Surprises Act’s federal arbitration process in 2025. The staggering amount — far exceeding the previous...
Jul 16, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
In a new letter to the Secretaries of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury, the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing (CASMB) urged prompt action on the “systemic cost challenges” stemming from...
Jul 15, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Private Equity
Bill would drive more IDR waste, fraud, and abuse harming consumers and employers The No Surprises Act is already protecting millions of Americans from surprise medical bills. While the core patient protections of the law are not at issue, a handful of private...
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