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Committee advances bill to require insurers to report preauthorization outcomes and reasons
Summary
SB 274 would require insurers to publish annual counts of preauthorization approvals, denials and approvals on appeal and to explain denials to patients; the committee favorably recommended the bill after sponsor said transparency should change insurer behavior.
The House Health and Human Services Committee voted to favorably recommend SB 274, a bill requiring health insurers to report annually the percentage of preauthorization requests that were approved, denied and approved after appeal, and to provide detailed denial explanations to patients.
Sponsor Senator Johnson said the measure was brought…
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