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2005 SESSION
HB 2431 Practitioners; information provided to patients.
Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Health professions; certain practitioner information provided to patients. Requires, upon request by a patient, doctors of medicine, osteopathy, and podiatry to inform patients (i) about procedures to access information on the doctor compiled by the Board of Medicine and (ii) that, if the patient is not covered by a health insurance plan that the doctor accepts or a managed care health insurance plan in which the doctor participates, the patient may be subject to the doctor's full charge which may be greater than the health plan's allowable charge.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Health professions; certain practitioner information provided to patients. Requires doctors of medicine, osteopathy, and podiatry to make available to patients information on accessing physician information including (i) their education and disciplinary actions compiled by the Board of Medicine; (ii) the doctor's charges for his 20 most commonly performed procedure codes; (iii) health insurance plans accepted and the managed care health insurance plans in which the doctor participates; and (iv) certain billing practices.