The No Surprises Act created uncertainty in reimbursement
Emergency medicine groups can’t cut their hours when reimbursement falls. They have to staff the next shift and be ready for whoever comes through the door. Yet out-of-network payments have fallen precipitously in recent years.
That makes IDR a critical way to recover fair reimbursement and keep those shifts covered. But with the process under growing scrutiny, how it’s used matters more than ever.
37.7%
drop in out-of-network emergency physician payments from 2019 to 2022, steepest in the year the No Surprises Act took effect1
Your path to fair reimbursement wih Pivotal
1. CONNECT YOUR CLAIMS
Share your full claims feed through your billing system or RCM partner. Pivotal already integrates with Logix Health, Ventra Health, Zotec and more.
2. FIND WHAT QUALIFIES
Our proprietary eligibility engine applies federal and state IDR rules to identify eligible claims and route them to the right arbitration process.
3. TAKE IDR OFF YOUR PLATE
We run IDR end-to-end, handling open negotiations, batching, offer strategy, and every deadline, with your risk preferences and guardrails built in.
4. TRACK YOUR PROGRESS
See where every dispute and dollar stands, and how your IDR program is performing, through a real-time analytics and financial management portal.

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Citation: [1] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, No Surprises Act Third Report to Congress (February 2026).