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Hospitals seek limit on insurer notices during contract talks; insurers warn proposal could politicize negotiations
Summary
The Insurance Commissioner proposed standardized member notices and a small number of public comment hearings when a provider‑insurer contract termination would affect 1,000+ covered lives. Hospitals supported a public forum; carriers said mandatory hearings and extra approval steps risked revealing proprietary negotiating positions and complicating continuity processes.
Insurance Department staff told the committee they had drafted language after high‑profile disputes to make consumer notices factual and to provide a forum for public comment when network terminations would affect many covered lives. Commissioner DJ Betton Court said notices sometimes read like campaign pieces and can inflame…
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