A law meant to end surprise medical billing accidentally created a multibillion-dollar industry that is making doctors richer ...

The No Surprises Act’s Independent Dispute Resolution process remains operational despite the government shutdown. CMS said Oct. 2 that all standard dispute timelines continue to apply but warned that ...

The No Surprises Act has shielded patients from unexpected out-of-network medical bills, but its arbitration process is being ...

The No Surprises Act, which was signed into law in 2020, and went into effect on January 1, 2022, aimed to take patients out of billing conflicts between providers and payers. By all accounts this ...

The Fifth Circuit and the Federal District Court of Connecticut have issued conflicting decisions on whether service providers may sue to enforce arbitration awards under the No Surprises Rules in the ...

A survey by AHIP and the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association shows that the No Surprises Act, which was passed with the intent of preventing surprise medical bills, has lived up to that goal by ...

On January 12, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review whether providers have a private right to enforce Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) awards under the No Surprises Act (NSA). This ...

Although the price transparency elements of the No Surprises Act do shake up the payer-provider dynamic, the true controversy surrounding the act involves out-of-network rate mediation, Larry Levitt, ...