Eliott Dear is an attorney who builds billing operations- not the other way around.

He graduated Fordham Law School as a member of the Law Review, then spent four years in structured finance at Clifford Chance- one of the largest law firms in the world. When he left, he did not go to another firm. He went into non-par medical billing.

He founded Eliott Dear & Associates, then M&D Capital Advisors and M&D Premier Billing- two companies he built from nothing into full-service non-par claims operations serving plastic surgeons and ER physicians in the New York metro area. After M&D, he founded ED Revenue Targeted Billing, which became EDRTB LLC- doing business as Claims Assassins.

Nearly two decades in this space. Not observing it from a billing department. Living in it- filing the disputes, signing the submissions, dealing with the arbitrators, communicating with DFS.

What Makes This Different

Claims Assassins is not a billing company that outsources legal work. It is an attorney who built a billing operation. Eliott Dear personally signs every IDR submission and deals with DFS on a level playing field- not through a third party, not through outside counsel.

The difference matters. IDR submissions prepared by billing staff get treated like billing paperwork. Submissions signed by an attorney who knows the arbitrators, knows the benchmarks, and knows how to frame special circumstances- those win at 99%.

Any shop can win an IDR. The question is whether you can collect. In New York, DFS enforces all awards- thirty days to pay, zero recoupment risk. That relationship is not something you build overnight.

State IDR vs. Federal IDR

NY State IDR through DFS has teeth. DFS regulates award payment timing with zero recoupment risk. Court-level awards that cannot be clawed back.

Federal IDR is a different story. The Fifth Circuit ruled there is no private right of action to enforce awards. The Supreme Court declined to review it. CMS enforcement sits at a 1.3% complaint resolution rate. Insurance companies are spending $130 million a year in lobbying to keep it that way. Providers win on paper and collect nothing.

Claims Assassins sorts at intake and routes accordingly. State-regulated plans go through DFS. Self-funded ERISA plans go through federal IDR with a clear-eyed understanding of the enforcement landscape.

How It Works

Once insurance makes an initial payment on a non-par claim, "billing" effectively ends. What remains is a dispute- and disputes are won through IDR, not through phone calls to insurance reps.

No contracts. No lengthy onboarding. No demand for all your billing. No interference with your office workflow. One rate from intake through collection. My fee comes from IDR awards actually paid. If I recover nothing, you pay nothing.

Send one recent non-par ER claim. No commitment. If we cannot improve the outcome- no fee and no obligation.

Background

• Fordham University School of Law- J.D., Law Review
• Clifford Chance LLP- Associate, Structured Finance
• Eliott Dear & Associates PC- Founder
• M&D Capital Advisors / M&D Premier Billing- Founder
• ED Revenue Targeted Billing- Founder
• Claims Assassins (EDRTB LLC)- Founder & CEO

New York Bar- active and in good standing. Based in Hollywood, Florida.

Results vary by claim and jurisdiction. Prior outcomes do not guarantee future results.