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Committee hears unanimous clinician support for banning insurer anesthesia time caps
Summary
Sponsors and clinicians urged passage of a bill that would prohibit insurers and public plans from denying or capping anesthesia reimbursement on the basis of arbitrary time limits; anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists warned caps endanger patient safety, while hospitals may request clarifying language.
Olympia — On Jan. 27 the House Health Care and Wellness Committee took testimony on a proposed substitute (H2936) to House Bill 1812 that would prohibit health carriers, public employee plans and Medicaid managed care organizations from enforcing anesthesia time limits or capping anesthesia reimbursement based on base or time units.
Staff described the substitute as prohibiting plans from establishing anesthesia time limits for payment, defining anesthesia time to begin when the provider prepares the patient and to end…
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