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2008 SESSION
SB 396 Health insurance carriers; hospital disclosure of contractual arrangements.
Introduced by: John S. Edwards | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Health care costs; estimates and average costs. Requires the Department of Health to negotiate and contract with a nonprofit organization for an annual survey of carriers, to determine the average costs for 25 common outpatient procedures and the average reimbursement paid for a specific service from all providers and provider types, and to make such information available to the public through a website operated by the nonprofit organization. This bill also requires the Health Commissioner to work together with the nonprofit organization to incorporate existing service quality data and guidance to the price information and to work to display price and quality information for episodes of care in a manner which is consistent with generally accepted national guidelines. This bill is identical to HB 603 (O'Bannon).
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Health care costs; estimates and average costs. Requires the Department of Health to post on its website a list of the average costs for 25 common outpatient procedures performed at each licensed hospital. Also the measure requires hospitals to provide upon request a written estimate of the total costs reasonably expected to be billed to a patient for non-emergency care.