SB0258

Physician referrals and reimbursement rates.

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Summary

Physician referrals and reimbursement rates. Prohibits a referring physician from receiving compensation or an incentive from a health care entity or another physician, who is in the same health care network as the referring physician, for referring a patient to the health care entity or other physician. Provides that the rules adopted by the department of insurance regarding the all payer claims data base must include a requirement that health payers report physician reimbursement rates for each contract and specify a process for health payers to report the physician reimbursement rates. Requires the all payer claims data base to publish the physician reimbursement rates as a separate line item for each contract instead of in the aggregate.

Authors

Authored by Senator Busch

Fiscal Outlook

Title Description Date View
Fiscal NoteFiscal Note #1: Introduced2024-01-11 Click To View

History

Date Chamber Action
2024-01-29SenateSenator Johnson, T added as second author
2024-01-16SenateFirst reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2024-01-16SenateAuthored by Senator Busch