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EDPMA Calls on CMS to Develop State Medicaid Provider Enrollment Reciprocity

The Emergency Department Practice Management Association (EDPMA) is committed to ensuring that patients receive timely access to emergency care no matter when their emergency happens. This commitment requires the resources ...

EDPMA Backs New Legislation to Support Patients and Physicians

McLean, VA – The Emergency Department Practice Management Association (EDPMA) is throwing its full support behind newly introduced legislation aimed at supporting timely provider payments by health insurance companies, in ...

EDPMA survey reports that emergency medicine physician groups experience a 39% reduction in out-of-network reimbursement since the implementation of the No Surprises Act.

The Emergency Department Practice Management Association released new data analyzing the impact and compliance issues of the No Surprises Act since its implementation in January 2022. Key findings include a ...

EDPMA Files An Amicus Brief To Support The TMA III Appeal

The TMA III appeal concerns the Departments’ July 2021 Interim Final Rule regarding calculation of Qualifying Payment Amounts (“QPAs”), as well as payors’ disclosure obligations regarding their QPA calculations. The ...

Statement on New Federal Guidance on the No Surprises Act

On Friday October 6th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced new guidance in response to the August ruling in Texas Medical Association v. United States Department of ...

EDPMA and Others Urge HHS to Reopen The Federal IDR Portal

As the No Surprises Act’s Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) portal surpasses the 8-week mark since its halt of full operations for the filing of new IDRs, the American College of ...

EDPMA Files Amicus Brief to Support TMA II Appeal

On September 18, EDPMA filed an amicus brief in the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in support of the challenge by the Texas Medical Association to a provision ...

IDR Portal Closure

As of Tuesday, August 29th, the Federal IDR portal remains closed to initiation of new disputes. The portal has been closed to new disputes since August 3, 2023, after a ...

ACEP and EDPMA Applaud Legal Ruling to Invalidate Qualified Payment Amount Formula

ACEP and EDPMA Applaud Legal Ruling to Invalidate Qualified Payment Amount Formula The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and the Emergency Department Practice Management Association (EDPMA) applaud the decision ...

EDPMA Statement Re IDR Freeze After TMA IV Ruling

EDPMA Chair of the Board, Andrea Brault, MD MMM FACEP, released the following statement regarding the summary judgement-in-part issued in favor of the Texas Medical Association (TMA), et al., in ...