Answers
Plain-language answers for emergency medicine groups, grounded in the 1,130,093 emergency disputes CMS published for 2025.
The emergency medicine IDR record
1.13 million disputes, half the national docket, an 84.6 percent win rate, and nearly $5 billion in decided awards.
Read the answerEmergency IDR eligibility
Categorical protection through stabilization, the post-stabilization standard, freestanding EDs, and what routes elsewhere.
Read the answerFiling IDR at emergency volume
How 20,000-dispute filers operate: batching by payer and code, the deadline sequence, and the cost model.
Read the answerFor questions beyond this site, such as which claims are eligible or how the arbitration itself unfolds, see the Lido IDR answers library. The full dispute record is explorable at idrexplorer.com.
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