The measure, called the rider amendment, was tacked onto Senate Bill 724, which passed a House vote last week. It will address Regence’s practice of sending medical payment checks without paperwork to policy holders rather than sending them to the ASC for out-of-network service payments, according to the report.
The rider amendment would see to it that insurance companies bill center directly or send policy holders checks that require a surgery center manager’s signature prior to being cashed.
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