Mediation and Arbitration Services

Important Announcement Related to Health Lawyers' ADR Service

Our Alternative Dispute Resolution Service was formed in 1992 to respond to the healthcare field's search for an alternative to the long delays and costs of litigation.

The ADR Service offers competent, trained dispute resolvers with expertise in key areas of healthcare services for a single, reasonably priced fee-for-service. The service provides unique flexibility: parties have to agree on procedural questions, fee payment, and dispute resolver selection before the resolution process begins.

Request a Dispute Resolver List: If you have a dispute you want arbitrated or mediated using the ADR Service, use this form -- it includes the application for the ADR service and schedule of administration fees.

Service Manuals: Codes of Ethics and Rules of Procedure for Mediation and Arbitration: Includes details about the ADR Service, plus mediator/arbitrator qualifications and responsibilities and rules of procedure.
    - View manual for Mediation
    - View manual for Arbitration

Administration Cost of Services List: Lists fees and payment details for mediation and arbitration services.
    - View administration fees list

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How it Works

To initiate either a mediation or arbitration, the parties to the dispute fill out the Request for a Dispute Resolution List and submit it to the Service along with the appropriate administration fee. In accordance with the Codes of Ethics and Rules of Procedure developed by the American Health Lawyers Association ADR Service, the parties will be sent a list of ten (10) dispute resolvers along with an extensive background and experience description, references, and fee schedule for each. The ten will be chosen by the Service on the basis of their experience in the area of the dispute, geographical location, and other criteria as indicated on the request form. The parties to the dispute will review the qualifications of the ten suggested resolvers and rank them in order of preference from 1 to 9. (Each party has the right to strike one of the names from the list.) The person with the lowest total will be appointed to resolve the case.

Fees: The parties are responsible for the ADR Service administration fee (submitted at the same time as the Request for a Dispute Resolver List form) and the costs incurred by the dispute resolver (professional fees for meeting and research time, travel time, and expenses, etc.). The ADR Service does not take any percentage of the award.

Become a Dispute Resolver

Use this application form to apply to be on the American Health Lawyers Association ADR panel.

Learn Mediation Skills

Attend a mediator training program to develop, strengthen, and enhance your knowledge, skills, and expertise as a mediator. Learn more about upcoming mediation training sessions.

Learn the Practical Elements of Arbitration

Attend an Arbitration training program to review the practical elements of arbitration from case intake to award, current applicable law, and a detailed discussion of the challenges which AHLA Arbitrators typically confront. Learn more about upcoming arbitration training sessions.

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