Counsel and neutral determinations for the No Surprises Act.
Blue Mountain Law advises certified IDR entities on the rules, the operations and the scrutiny. Blue Mountain Arbitration decides surprise billing disputes under the same federal and state programs. A Montana firm working at a national scale.
Sponsor of the NAIRO 2027 Annual Conference. Partner of the American Health Law Association.
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Two entities, one office.
Counsel on one side. A neutral on the other. IDREs across the country know which door to use.
Blue Mountain Law, PLLC
Counsel to the entities that decide.
No Surprises Act policy, IDR operations and regulatory compliance for IDREs, from two attorneys who have run federal and state programs. Advice written for the people who have to act on it.
Blue Mountain Arbitration, LLC
The neutral when billing becomes a dispute.
Surprise billing arbitration under the federal No Surprises Act and state programs. Certified arbitrators, a panel with capacity, determinations on time.
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.
What we are known for
Three things, done at a national level for a small number of organizations.
No Surprises Act counsel
Policy interpretation, regulatory alignment and defensible frameworks for IDREs.
Surprise billing arbitration
Neutral determinations under federal and state programs, by certified federal arbitrators, on time.
IDR operations consulting
Workflow design, quality assurance and training for high-volume IDR programs, by people who have run them.
In good company.
Sponsor of the NAIRO 2027 Annual Conference and partner of the American Health Law Association.
