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Hospitals seek standardized timing, clearer "track changes" and financial estimates when insurers update provider manuals
Summary
Sen. Kevin Avard introduced SB 126 to require scheduled notice windows, explicit identification of edits, and financial estimates when insurers revise provider manuals or related policy documents.
Sen. Kevin Avard introduced Senate Bill 126, which would require health carriers to limit unilateral changes to provider manuals and ancillary documents to four set dates per year, clearly identify changes ("track changes") when they issue updated policies, and provide a good‑faith estimate of the aggregate financial impact of changes that exceed an annual threshold (proposed in testimony as $500,000).
Ben Bradley of the New Hampshire Hospital Association told the committee hospitals endure a heavy administrative burden when carriers make mid‑contract policy changes that materially affect reimbursement and utilization. Bradley said hospitals often must research…
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