The NSA & IDR: Well-meaning Policy with Unintended Consequences

Let’s meet in the middle. It’s one of the most reasonable sentences in business. It assumes both sides can give a little and settle on something fair. The federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process, created under the No Surprises Act (NSA), doesn’t quite...

Rethinking Medical Transport: A Smarter Path Forward

$171,900 vs. $5,800 That was the difference in the transportation cost for a spinal cord injury patient who needed to be transferred from a tertiary care center in Dallas to a neurological rehab center in Houston. The initial air ambulance transport request came from...
BLOG: “The Big Business of Air Ambulance Transport”

BLOG: “The Big Business of Air Ambulance Transport”

When most people think about air ambulance, they think of a medical helicopter picking you up from an automobile trauma and speeding you to the nearest trauma center. The reality is that the vast majority of air ambulance flights today are hospital to hospital...