Departments Partially Reopen Surprise Billing IDR Portal and Temporarily Extend Certain IDR Deadlines | Practical Law
The Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Treasury (collectively, Departments) have partially reopened the federal independent dispute resolution (IDR) portal for operations under the No Surprises Act (NSA). The Departments suspended federal IDR process operations in August 2023 after two district court decisions that vacated portions of the NSA's regulations implementing and related guidance. Besides reopening the IDR process (in part), the Departments also temporarily extended certain deadlines involving the IDR process.