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Lawmakers hear bill to ban insurer time‑limits on anesthesia payments after national carrier proposals raised alarms
Summary
Delegate Ashanti Martinez and medical witnesses told the committee a bill is needed to block insurers from imposing fixed time limits on anesthesia coverage because such limits could pressure surgical teams, compromise patient safety and shift costs to hospitals; anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists and hospital clinicians urged passage.
House Bill 10-86 would prohibit insurers and Medicaid/Medicare plans operating in Maryland from implementing policies that impose fixed time limits on payment for anesthesia services provided during medical or surgical procedures.
Sponsor Delegate Ashanti Martinez told the committee that arbitrary insurer time limits can leave patients financially liable for care beyond a carrier’s limit and create incentives that could affect clinical decision‑making. Dan Shattuck, executive director of the Maryland Society of Anesthesiologists, and multiple clinician witnesses described instances…
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