IDR Administrative Fee Stays At $115 For 2025

The non-refundable administrative fee that providers and plans must pay for using the federal independent dispute resolution (IDR) process created by the No Surprises Act will continue to be $115 per party in 2025, CMS told stakeholders in late December, the same rate the agency settled on last year after a district court nixed an attempt to raise it to $350 for 2023 -- but lower than the $150 rate that the agency proposed in a separate rule on IDR...