; certification of entities (1) Establishment Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall establish a process for resolving payment disputes between group health plans, or health insurance issuers offering health insurance coverage in the group market, and out-of-network health care providers in surprise medical bill situations in accordance with this section (referred to in this section as the IDR process ). (2) Certification of entities An entity wishing to participate in the IDR process under this subsection shall request certification from the Secretary. The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall determine eligibility of applicant entities, taking into consideration whether the entity is unbiased and unaffiliated with health plans and providers and free of conflicts of interest, in accordance with the Secretary’s rulemaking on determining criteria for conflicts of interest. (3) IDR entity Under the process established under paragraph (1), the parties in the independent dispute resolution process shall jointly agree upon an independent dispute resolution entity. In the event that parties cannot agree, one will be selected at random jointly by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Labor. (c) Applicable claims (1) In general The IDR process shall be with respect to one or more Current Procedural Terminology ( CPT ) codes. (2) Batching of claims Health care facilities and providers and group health plans or health insurance issuers may batch claims if such claims— (A) involve identical plan or issuer and provider or facility parties; (B) involve claims with the same or related current procedural terminology codes relevant to a particular procedure