# CMS Federal IDR (No Surprises Act) bi-monthly operations reports: disputes initiated and closed

`medicare_silver.fact_idr_bimonthly_status` · Insurer negotiated rates · status live · 169 rows

The Departments' bi-monthly Federal IDR operations snapshot (HTML tables on the CMS IDR reports page, May 31, 2025 onward). Table 1 disputes initiated and Table 2 reasons for closure, each in three windows, plus the narrative's monthly figures. Counts of disputes. The most current public IDR volume: the quarterly PUF and Supplemental Tables stop at 2025 Q4.

**Grain.** One row per (report_as_of, measure, window_type, window_start, window_end): disputes initiated, or closed by reason, in the two-month period / year to date / program to date / a month. 169 rows, nine editions As of May 31, 2025 ... As of September 30, 2026 (Athena f68def95, 2026-10-23).

| column | type | meaning |
|---|---|---|
| measure | string |  |
| window_type | string |  |
| window_start | date |  |
| window_end | date |  |
| dispute_count | bigint |  |
| unit | string |  |
| source_kind | string |  |
| table_number | int |  |
| table_title | string |  |
| publisher_row_label | string |  |
| publisher_column_header | string |  |
| publisher_value_text | string |  |
| publisher_sentence | string |  |
| publisher_note | string |  |
| edition_title | string |  |
| edition_data_hash | string |  |
| page_last_modified | string |  |
| observed_period | date |  |
| asserted_at | date |  |
| asserted_at_evidence | string |  |
| effective_period_start | date |  |
| effective_period_end | date |  |
| cms_vintage_sequence | int |  |
| parse_revision | int |  |
| parser_version | string |  |
| parser_artifact_hash | string |  |
| is_current | boolean |  |
| vintage_tag | string |  |
| source_id | string |  |
| source_url | string |  |
| sha256_content_hash | string |  |
| bronze_object_key | string |  |
| s3_version_id | string |  |

Query it: `query_substrate` with `SELECT ... FROM medicare_silver.fact_idr_bimonthly_status WHERE ... LIMIT 100`; read `describe_data_source("medicare_silver.fact_idr_bimonthly_status")` first.