Independent Dispute Resolution: Texas Medical Billing Disputes

Texas Department of Insurance data summarizes Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) requests for out-of-network medical billing disputes. The dataset tracks the volume of mediation and arbitration requests over time, with eligibility for services received on or after January 1, 2020. Columns suggest it provides a monthly and yearly breakdown of request types and details.

Use Cases

• Tracking monthly dispute request volumes using Month and Count columns.
• Analyzing trends in arbitration versus mediation using Request type and Year columns.
• Investigating specific dispute categories using Request detail and Count columns.

Strengths

• Cross-platform presence on Socrata and Data.gov signals importance and official status.
• Data is updated regularly, with a last update date of 2026-05-29 on the primary source.
• Covers a specific regulatory process (IDR) with a clear eligibility start date of January 1, 2020.

Limitations

• Key metadata is missing: row count, file size, license, and author are not provided.
• The Data.gov source lacks column information, reducing interoperability.
• The 'last updated' date (2026) is in the future, indicating a potential metadata error.

Provenance

Source

Texas Department of Insurance (TDI)

Collection Method

Administrative records from the Independent Dispute Resolution process.

Time Range

From January 2020 onward (based on eligibility date).

Freshness

2026-05-29 08:58:07

Geography

Texas, United States