It is critical that the federal agencies continue releasing information on the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process. Researchers and policy makers, in addition to payers and providers, are ...

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 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.

A proposed rule pertaining to the controversial No Surprises Act Dispute Resolution process, would, if finalized, require payers to provide additional information at the time of initial payment or ...

What Is a Credit Dispute Resolution? A credit dispute resolution is a process that allows individuals to correct errors and inaccuracies in their credit reports. It involves identifying errors, ...

The downsides to the No Surprises Act’s dispute resolution process The No Surprises Act was designed to remove the costs of out-of-network providers as a barrier to patient care, but its independent ...

What happens to the embedded in-house dispute resolution process if the company turns away from the DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) policy for various reasons, including political ones? Or fear ...

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 ...

The No Surprises Act’s Independent Dispute Resolution process remains operational despite the government shutdown. CMS said Oct. 2 that all standard dispute timelines continue to apply but warned that ...

Hybrid dispute resolution methods like med-arb or arb-med can raise ethical issues, especially when the same neutral serves ...

In late November 2025, the Office for Dispute Resolution (ODR) released its annual report for fiscal year 2024 (July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025). In the report, the ODR provided detailed information ...