Answers
Plain-language answers for plastic and reconstructive surgeons, drawn from the 41,565 disputes in the 2023 through 2025 CMS public use files.
The plastic surgery IDR record
41,565 disputes, an 89.2 percent win rate, and $30,000 median awards: the largest surgical book in the published files.
Read the answerCan plastic surgeons use IDR?
The boundary is payment, not procedure: insured reconstruction and ED call qualify, cosmetic self-pay does not.
Read the answerFacial trauma call and IDR
Every out-of-network ED encounter is a protected claim: the emergency definition, the deadlines, and the award record.
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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