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HB 603 Health insurance carriers; hospital disclosure of contractual arrangements.

Introduced by: John M. O'Bannon, III | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Hospitals; disclosure of contractual arrangements with health insurance carriers.  Requires the State Health Commissioner to negotiate and contract with a nonprofit organization for an annual survey of carriers offering private group health insurance policies and that are subject to HEDIS reporting, to determine the reimbursement that is paid for a minimum of 25 most frequently reported health care services, and to make the survey reports public through a website operated by the contracting organization.  This bill also requires carriers to report the average reimbursement paid for a specific service from all providers and provider types.  This bill is identical to SB 396 (Edwards).


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