ANNOUNCE: New York health law expands consumer, provider protections
Elizabeth Mansfield
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ANNOUNCE: New York health law expands consumer, provider protections
Creator:
Elizabeth Mansfield
Date:
8/3/2007
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ALBANY, N.Y.—New York has adopted legislation that provides new rights to health care consumers and providers in dealing with health insurance companies.
The law, signed by Gov. Eliot Spitzer on Wednesday - August 1, 2007 - limits a health plan's ability to deny care that it had already preauthorized. It also gives consumers the ability to appeal to an independent reviewer when a health plan denies a request to see an out-of-network specialist for a service not available in-network.
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The law, signed by Gov. Eliot Spitzer on Wednesday - August 1, 2007 - limits a health plan's ability to deny care that it had already preauthorized. It also gives consumers the ability to appeal to an independent reviewer when a health plan denies a request to see an out-of-network specialist for a service not available in-network.
Read the rest www.askelizabeth.net
The O&P Marketing Blog
Outsource Marketing Solutions
860-967-4184
Citation
Elizabeth Mansfield, “ANNOUNCE: New York health law expands consumer, provider protections,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/228470.
