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Committee advances bill setting 60-day timeline for insurer credentialing of providers
Summary
The Labor, Health & Social Services Committee approved House Bill 82 on Feb. 12, moving a measure that requires health carriers to acknowledge, review and make credentialing determinations within set timeframes and directs the Department of Insurance to create a standard application form.
The Labor, Health & Social Services Committee on Feb. 12 approved House Bill 82, a bill that would require health carriers to follow a set timeline for credentialing health-care providers and directs the Wyoming Department of Insurance to adopt rules and a standardized application form.
Committee Chairman Senator Barlow, chairman of the Labor, Health & Social Services Committee, summarized the measure as addressing delays in insurer credentialing: "This bill is about credentialing of providers by insurers, if you will. In this bill they're called health carriers. And it sets a timeline for when this credentialing needs to occur." He outlined the bill's key timelines, including an initial 7-day acknowledgement, a 30-day window for carriers to notify applicants of incomplete submissions and a 60-day deadline for a final credentialing determination from receipt of a…
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