Aug 6, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post
When Congress wrote the No Surprises Act, it borrowed its arbitration model from Major League Baseball. A new analysis from the New York Times lays out how that system has failed in healthcare. More than 2.5 million disputes went to arbitration last year, compared...
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 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...
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...
Feb 10, 2026 | Arbitration, Blog Post, Private Equity
When Congress passed the No Surprises Act, the goal was clear: protect patients from unexpected out-of-network medical bills. The law has largely succeeded in that regard, shielding patients from most surprise bills — especially large balance bills tied to emergency...
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