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Committee hears BEST Act to clarify and expand coverage for supplemental breast screenings
Summary
Representatives Jean Schmidt and Josh Williams presented House Bill 271, the BEST (Breast Examination and Screening Transformation) Act, in the House Insurance Committee. The bill would clarify definitions between supplemental and diagnostic breast screenings, expand coverage to include diagnostic screenings and eliminate out-of-pocket costs for
Representative Jean Schmidt and Representative Josh Williams testified in favor of House Bill 271, the BEST Act, telling the House Insurance Committee the bill would clarify and expand insurance coverage for supplemental breast screenings and remove out-of-pocket costs for patients.
"The BEST Act will alleviate these problems," Schmidt said, explaining the bill "clarifies the definitions of supplemental screenings and diagnostic screenings to prevent miscoding or misidentifying the type of screening and coverage of supplemental screenings intended in House Bill 3 71." She described barriers that remain even after earlier…
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