{
  "id": 9838668,
  "title": "How to combat the insurer payment delays that are destabilizing independent medicine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/how-to-combat-the-insurer-payment-delays-that-are-destabilizing",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-25T19:36:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Fierce Healthcare",
    "slug": "fierce-healthcare",
    "url": "https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/sponsored/how-combat-insurer-payment-delays-are-destabilizing-independent-medicine"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The No Surprises Act has made significant strides in protecting patients from large, unexpected medical bills. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the NSA’s promise to protect payments to physician practices.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}