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Committee advances bill to increase insurer transparency on preauthorization requests
Summary
Senate Bill 274 would require insurers to publish annual statistics about preauthorization requests and to provide clearer denial explanations; the sponsor plans follow-up work with stakeholders and the committee voted to advance the bill with that understanding.
Senator Johnson presented Senate Bill 274, Health Insurance Preauthorization Revisions, saying the measure would increase transparency about how often health insurers approve, deny or change preauthorization decisions and the average processing time.
"This bill actually is the result of a call that I got from my mayor," Johnson said, recounting a constituent case where a wheelchair request was denied and describing the bill as a modest transparency measure.
Nut graf: The bill drew support from hospitals, physicians and patient advocates…
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