Feb 19, 2024 | Arbitration, Blog Post
A new letter from leading employers, unions and health plans stresses the importance of The No Surprises Act in safeguarding patients from roughly more than 25 million surprise medical bills since 2022. Members of the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing (CASMB)...
Oct 27, 2021 | Arbitration, Blog Post
Beginning Jan. 1, 2022, millions of Americans will be protected from the threat and financial harm of surprise medical bills. Maintaining these important consumer protections, including a limited process for independent dispute resolution (IDR), is essential for...
Sep 30, 2021 | Arbitration, Press Release
Following the release of new interim final rules (IFR) as part of the implementation of the No Surprises Act, the Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing issued the following statement: “Ending surprise medical bills and lowering health care costs were the key...
Sep 30, 2021 | Arbitration, Blog Post
Starting in 2022, patients across the country will no longer face the threat or fear of a surprise medical bill, but policy experts, consumer advocates, health insurance providers and employer representatives urged the Biden Administration to protect Americans from...
Sep 16, 2021 | Arbitration, Blog Post
The Biden Administration will soon release new rules around a federal arbitration process, also known as independent dispute resolution (IDR). Several states that have implemented IDR processes have seen how frequently they can be abused and misused by out-of-network...
Aug 24, 2021 | Arbitration, Blog Post
Two years after Texas implemented a new arbitration process for resolving surprise medical bills, the number of arbitration requests have skyrocketed to more than 50,000 requests from January to June 2021, suggesting a costly trend that will leave consumers and...
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