Insurance Panel Abruptly Takes Up Provider Reimbursement Bill
House Insurance Committee Chair Daire Rendon (R-Lake City) began the process of passing legislation that penalizes auto insurers that are not fully compensating the providers of those taking care of people catastrophically injured in car accidents.
Although it wasn’t on the agenda, Rendon took up Rep. Ryan Berman’s (R-Commerce Twp.) HB 5870, which hits insurers acting in bad faith that don’t pay the bill sent to them by providers three times the amount of the overdue payment plus attorney costs.
She then took testimony from health care providers who claimed they hadn’t been compensated under the law for, in some cases, 10 months. They claimed they are having to take money out [Read More]