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Committee advances bill to require insurer compliance with assignment-of-benefits for out-of-network care
Arkansas Senate Committee on Insurance & Commerce · March 26, 2019
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Summary
Senate Bill 512 requires insurers to honor patients' assignment-of-benefits when they seek out-of-network providers; sponsor and hospital witnesses said the change would simplify payment flows for patients and family caregivers.
The committee passed Senate Bill 512 after sponsor Senator Bledsoe and witnesses described the measure as a consumer-protection step to ensure insurers comply with assignments of benefits when…
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