Clarity, where the rules keep moving.
Blue Mountain Law advises certified IDR entities on the No Surprises Act, and Blue Mountain Arbitration decides surprise billing disputes under the same programs. Two attorneys who have run federal and state IDR programs, working from Missoula for clients across the country.
The Missoula valley in snow. Stock, Unsplash.
Three practices, one standard.
Counsel, a neutral, and the operations work that keeps a program defensible.
Healthcare law
No Surprises Act counsel for IDREs. Policy interpretation, regulatory alignment and the frameworks that make determinations hold up.
Arbitration
Neutral surprise billing determinations under federal and state programs, by certified federal arbitrators, on time.
Consulting and training
Workflow design, quality assurance and training for IDR operations, built by people who have run them.
The partners
Two attorneys, both certified federal surprise billing arbitrators, both from the IDR side of the table.
Madeline D. Hatfield
Founding partner and compliance officer. Ran federal and state IDR programs at Maximus and compliance work at Humana and Logan Health before founding the firm.
Hailey Forcella
Founding partner and legal officer for Blue Mountain Arbitration. Managing attorney for the State of Montana before that. University of Montana School of Law.
In good company.
Sponsor of the NAIRO 2027 Annual Conference and partner of the American Health Law Association.
