Surprise Billing Disputes Far Outpace Federal Projection
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Feb 23, 2024
The federal government received 13 times more surprise billing disputes in the first half of 2023 than it initially estimated to receive over the course of a full calendar year, according to new CMS data.
The No Surprises Act (NSA), passed in 2021, established a Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process that out-of-network providers and insurers can use to determine the OON rate for qualified IDR items or services after an unsuccessful open negotiation period. That process replaces the pre-NSA status quo of an OON provider sending a surprise bill to a patient. Of the 288,810 disputes filed through the Federal IDR portal over the first six months of 2023, about 46% were closed, with providers winning 77% of payment determinations.
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