If a federal employee is considering filing an equal employment opportunity complaint, alternative dispute resolution is a process available to them that could resolve their issue without litigation.

Alternative dispute resolution has many advantages over traditional litigation, including reduced costs, expedited timelines and streamlined processes. However, one of the oft-touted reasons parties ...

Alternative dispute resolution, a process by which a neutral third party helps parties reach an agreement without litigation, is more successful during the pre-complaint stage compared with the formal ...

On August 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (“HHS”), the Department of Labor, and the Department of Treasury (collectively, the “Departments”) temporarily suspended the federal ...

The new final regulations illustrate the Departments’ commitment to quickly implementing and enforcing the protections established in the No Surprise Billing Rules. Federal litigation challenging the ...

The Biden administration has proposed a new rule refining several aspects of the healthcare services billing process in response to criticisms levied from all sides of the industry. Unveiled Friday ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is extending independent dispute filing deadlines through at least mid-October after the Change Healthcare cyberattack threw the process into disarray.

In a final rule on fees for disputed claims, Health and Human Services and other departments are finalizing an amount of $115 per party for disputes initiated on or after the effective date of this ...

A formal dispute-resolution system under the Canada Grocery Code of Conduct came into effect Jan. 1, giving participating ...

The Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) was established by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors in 2020 as part of the World Bank Accountability Mechanism (AM) to facilitate a voluntary and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Cohen covers the global legal industry and business reinvention. Litigation has long been a central legal practice pillar and ...

The No Surprises Act was designed to remove the costs of out-of-network providers as a barrier to patient care, but its independent dispute process has been an obstacle, Tony Mira, CEO of Anesthesia ...