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Senate passes medical-claims amendment; sponsors pledge further work on secondary-payer disputes
Summary
First-substitute S.B. 69 establishes procedures intended to ensure prompt, reasonable payment to medical providers; senators praised the bill but acknowledged it does not fully resolve disputes between primary and secondary insurers and pledged work next session.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Senate unanimously approved first-substitute S.B. 69, a medical-claims amendment intended to speed and standardize payments to health-care providers, after sponsors and colleagues debated a remaining concern about how the bill would address primary-and-secondary insurer disputes.
Senator Blackham, sponsor of the measure, told the Senate the bill establishes a process so claims are paid "in a reasonable manner" to providers and said the bill has the support of the Utah Medical Association and…
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