Nearly 1.2 million new disputes were submitted in the first half of 2025, more than double the nearly 590,000 disputes filed in the first two quarters of 2024, according to the CMS Independent Dispute Resolution reports. That's
Nearly 1.2 million new disputes were submitted in the first half of 2025, more than double the nearly 590,000 disputes filed in the first two quarters of 2024, according to the CMS Independent Dispute Resolution reports. That's
44,238 federal IDR disputes involved out-of-network air ambulance services in 2024, according to the Congressional Research Service. That volume makes air ambulance billing an evidence-management problem, not just a claim-submission problem. A biller needs to know which
Specialty operators still treat a payment dispute like a one-off appeal. Under the No Surprises Act, volume says otherwise. Federal independent dispute resolution now behaves like a production line for out-of-network cash, and a large share of
