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ICYMI: Washington Examiner Editorial Board: “Congress must fix its No Surprises mistake”

Jul 7, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post

As out-of-network providers’ abuse of the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution (IDR) process grows more extreme, costly, and widespread, the urgency for policymakers to act grows with it.   The latest editorial from...

Recap: New Surprises, New Challenges: Confronting Fraud & Abuse of the No Surprises Act

Jul 1, 2026 | Blog Post

The continued abuse and misuse of the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process — and its growing associated costs — has become an untenable expense for millions of Americans and employers. Following the release of the recent IDR operations rule, members and...

ICYMI: New York Times: “$22,000 Per Hour: Assistants Use a Legislative Loophole to Outearn Surgeons”

Jun 29, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post

The surgeon who operated on a cancerous prostate gland earned $1,843. The assistant who handed him the instruments earned $50,456. Welcome to arbitration under the No Surprises Act. New York Times reporters Margot Sanger-Katz and Sarah Kliff did another deep dive into...

New CBO Request Is Latest Signal IDR Has Gone Very Wrong

Jun 16, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post

When the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) puts out a public call for new research on the cost impacts of the No Surprises Act, it’s the latest signal that the law’s arbitration process, also known as Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR), has veered far off course. In...

ICYMI: STAT: “This spine surgery usually costs $1,400. Under NSA’s arbitration? $34,000.”

May 20, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post

STAT’s Tara Bannow did a deeper dive into the extreme and exorbitant arbitration awards that are compounding the healthcare affordability crisis facing employers and Americans. Her latest story builds on the ongoing reporting from STAT, New York Times, Bloomberg, and...

ICYMI: New York Times Investigation Exposes How Out-of-Network Providers Are Exploiting the IDR Process to Extract Runaway Reimbursement 

Apr 22, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post

A new investigation from New York Times details how certain out-of-network providers have “flooded the arbitration system with millions of claims” under the No Surprises Act’s Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process—often “collecting fees hundreds of times higher...
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  • ICYMI: New York Times: “$22,000 Per Hour: Assistants Use a Legislative Loophole to Outearn Surgeons”
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  • CASMB Statement on Final IDR Operations Rule

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