Aug 11, 2025 | Arbitration, Press Release, Private Equity
The Coalition Against Surprise Medical Billing (CASMB)—representing leading employer groups, unions and health insurance providers—sent a letter to the Trump administration strongly opposing Guidehouse, Inc.’s petition to become a Certified Independent Dispute...
Jul 30, 2025 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Private Equity
While the No Surprises Act was intended to curb the worst of unfair billing practices from out-of-network providers and certain private equity firms, a recent analysis from the Niskanen Center highlights how misuse of the arbitration process is contributing to $1...
Jul 15, 2025 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Private Equity
A new Health Affairs article published by researchers at Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms and released as a companion article to an earlier analysis, highlights alarming inconsistencies in how arbitrators are resolving payment disputes under...
Jun 30, 2025 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Private Equity
Certain health care providers—particularly large, private equity-backed groups—are increasingly dominating the federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process established under the No Surprises Act, according to new data from the Centers for Medicare &...
Jan 24, 2025 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Private Equity
Before the passage of the No Surprises Act, too many patients experienced the costly burden of surprise medical bills. President Trump signed this landmark law in December 2020, and since it took effect in January 2022, it is preventing approximately 1 million...
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...
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