Aug 5, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
IDR abuse is accelerating. That’s the takeaway from a new analysis by the Niskanen Center, which dug into CMS’s latest data on the No Surprises Act’s arbitration process, covering the second half of 2025. Disputes are up nearly 75% year-over-year,...
Jul 29, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
Last month, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) issued a rare warning: the intended cost savings for employers and employees under the No Surprises Act are in jeopardy because the law’s dispute backstop, the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR)...
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...
Recent Comments