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Senate tightens timelines for insurer payments to speed hospital reimbursements
Summary
Senators passed Substitute Senate Bill 5845 to require carriers to pay 100% of clean claims within 30 days, set limits on repetitive information requests, and create timelines and penalties for unresolved claims — a reform supporters said will stabilize rural hospitals.
The Senate approved a bill (Substitute Senate Bill 5845) updating timelines and accountability for payment of health-care claims. Sponsor Senator Slatter and floor manager Senator Schlatter framed the bill as a negotiated update to existing law so that all clean claims are paid within 30 days and carriers cannot rely on the previous 5%…
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