Oct 14, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
Patients are largely protected from surprise medical bills, but they are paying the price for certain private equity-backed providers and out-of-network specialists who abuse the No Surprises Act. A new CBS News investigation examines how the law’s arbitration process...
Oct 13, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
While the No Surprises Act largely succeeded in preventing consumers from receiving surprise medical bills, rising costs — amounting to more than $22.4 billion — generated by misuse and abuse of the law’s independent dispute resolution (IDR) process are cutting into...
Oct 7, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
After a new federal rule slashed the administrative fee for initiating IDR disputes by 87% — from $115 to just $15, nearly 400,000 disputes were initiated in July 2026 alone. This 24% jump in just one month is one of the latest signals that the IDR process has veered...
Oct 6, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research finds that the No Surprises Act’s arbitration process is incentivizing providers to go out-of-network and driving higher premiums. The economists estimate that the undue costs of the independent dispute...
Sep 29, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
Extreme and inflationary independent dispute resolution (IDR) awards are forcing employers to pay more for healthcare, according to a new analysis from The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC). This latest report underscores how far the No Surprises Act’s IDR process has...
Sep 22, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
Certain out-of-network providers’ abuse and misuse of arbitration have become a $22 billion affordability crisis, according to recent government data analyzed by Georgetown researchers. Excessive independent dispute resolution (IDR) costs have translated directly into...
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