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Subcommittee holds children’s mental‑health bill as insurers, NFI and DHS race to agree billing codes
Summary
A Commerce & Consumer Affairs subcommittee paused legislation expanding children’s mental‑health services after hearings exposed that nonprofit provider NFI has not billed commercial insurers because of missing commercially billable codes and incomplete contracts; insurers and the Department of Health and Human Services agreed to pursue coding and contracting solutions during a one‑week follow‑up.
A House Commerce & Consumer Affairs subcommittee on Tuesday held action on legislation expanding children’s mental‑health services after a prolonged dispute over who should bill for services provided by nonprofit partner NFI North and how those services map to commercial insurance billing codes.
Chair opened the discussion by tracing the program’s origin to an executive‑council contract with NFI and said the expectation in that contract was that NFI would bill commercial insurers when children had private coverage. NFI’s executive director, Luke Reernard, told the panel that NFI has not yet billed Anthem or other carriers because…
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