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MI SR0100
Resolution
AI Summary
- Michigan enacted comprehensive surprise billing protections in October 2020, over a year before the federal No Surprises Act, establishing a state arbitration process with specific timelines, negotiation periods, and payment standards
- Providers are increasingly using the federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) process instead of state processes, winning 85% of federal arbitration decisions in the last six months of 2024 with payments far exceeding qualifying payment amounts
- Of over 1.3 million disputes closed nationwide in 2024, 19% were deemed ineligible for the federal process, including disputes that should have gone through state systems
- The resolution urges the federal government to issue clarifying rules that claims subject to state surprise billing laws must use state dispute resolution processes rather than the federal IDR process
- Copies would be sent to the President, HHS Secretary, Labor Secretary, Treasury Secretary, House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman, and Michigan's congressional delegation
Legislative Description
A resolution to urge the federal government to issue clarifying rules or guidance explaining that claims applicable to state surprise billing laws must go through the state dispute resolution process, rather than the federal independent dispute resolution process.
Last Action
Adopted
3/11/2026
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