Nov 3, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
In a new letter to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), House Energy & Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.) have asked for an updated cost assessment on the No Surprises Act arbitration process as evidence...
Oct 29, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
House Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Representative Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06) recently introduced the Lower Premiums, Faster Payments Act (H.R. 10788), which would stop costly abuse and misuse of arbitration by replacing the No Surprises Act’s...
Oct 28, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
Congress passed the No Surprises Act to end surprise medical bills, and it largely has for patients. But employers and working families are now facing a new surprise: higher premiums and shrinking provider networks, driven by certain providers’ and arbitration firms’...
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...
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