CBO warns provider-favorable arbitration outcomes are eroding No Surprises Act savings

The Congressional Budget Office says providers are winning independent dispute resolution arbitrations at rates that undermine the No Surprises Act's intended cost controls, and is calling for further research into implementation failures.

• The CBO flagged that arbitration outcomes have skewed toward providers, reducing the federal savings the No Surprises Act was projected to deliver for patients and payers.
• No specific arbitration win-rate figures or dollar-loss estimates were reported in the source snippet.
• The CBO is recommending additional research to understand whether structural or regulatory gaps are driving the trend — no policy fix has been enacted yet.

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