Webinar:  No Surprises Act Regulations Part II – Independent Dispute Resolution 

Date: October 13, 2021 

Time:  1:00 – 2:10 pm EST 

If you miss the live event, the webinar will be recorded and available to you on-demand, whenever you have the time to listen.   

Cost:  Free webinar 

Speaker:  Ashley Gillihan, Alston & Bird 

Registration Link:  

Description 

The Agencies recently released additional interim final rules implementing the No Surprises Act. This new IFR addresses the Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process established in the No Surprises Act for resolving payer-provider disputes of out-of-network claims. In our continuing webinar series focusing on the implementing regulations for the No Surprises Act, we will continue to break down the new regulations and discuss next steps for plans and administrators.   

Learning Objectives 

This session will discuss the following questions: 

• How is the IDR process initiated? 

• What information will the IDR entity be looking at? 

• Who will the IDR entities be? 

• How should plans prepare to handle to the IDR process? 

• How does the IDR process interact with the plan’s claims and appeals process? 

Webinar Technical Notes? 

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Webinar Recorded for Future Listening 

In addition to this live webinar, this webinar will be recorded and offered in a streaming mode (Internet connection required) and a podcast format (permitting you to download the recording and use it disconnected from the Internet).??The podcast is an MP3 format, audio and video file, that you can “save as” to your computer hard drive and then move to any MP3 compatible device.?