Nov 19, 2024 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Private Equity
Certain private equity-backed providers are flooding the federal arbitration process with thousands of frivolous and ineligible claims, according to a new analysis from Brookings Institution researchers published in Health Affairs. The latest assessment confirms that...
Nov 13, 2024 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Private Equity
While the No Surprises Act took a critical step in banning unfair, egregious surprise medical bills, certain private equity-backed providers continue to abuse and misuse the law’s arbitration process (also known as independent dispute resolution, or IDR) as a “back...
Oct 16, 2024 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Private Equity
Prior to the passage of the No Surprises Act, certain private equity-backed health care providers designed an entire business model around strategically exiting health plans’ networks as a way to maximize out-of-network reimbursements at the expense of patients,...
Sep 13, 2024 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Private Equity
Researchers at Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reform recently analyzed new data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) detailing arbitration outcomes from all of 2023 under the No Surprises Act. While the law has been effective...
Aug 27, 2024 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Private Equity
Researchers from the Brookings Institution recently analyzed the latest data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) detailing arbitration outcomes under the No Surprises Act (NSA). The analysis reviews Q3 and Q4 2024 outcomes as an update to their...
Aug 21, 2024 | Arbitration, Private Equity
Millions of Americans have received care in a hospital or emergency department since 2022 without receiving a costly surprise medical bill, thanks to the bipartisan No Surprises Act. The law continues to protect patients from surprise bills, but efforts to undermine...
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