The IDR process involves a "baseball-style" arbitration process where both sides submit an offer to resolve the dispute. The certified IDR entity must choose the offer closest to the plan's median contracted rate (referred to as the "qualifying payment amount" or "QPA") unless one party meets the burden with "credible evidence" that the QPA is materially different than the appropriate out-of-network rate. In determining which offer to select, the certified IDR entity must consider: In determining which offer to select, the certified IDR entity must not consider: In August 2021 HHS announced that it will defer enforcement of the requirement that providers and facilities provide good faith estimate information to individuals enrolled in a health plan for scheduled items or services who intend to seek reimbursement for such service plan until HHS promulgates regulatory guidance in rulemaking specific to the provision of good faith estimates to such individuals.