House passes, Senate delays, balance billing ban that pits providers against insurers
Doctors and insurers battled over balance billing in the Florida Legislature on Tuesday. While the House Appropriations Committee advanced a bill, CS/HB 681 by state Rep. Carlos Trujillo, which would prevent insured patients from being balance billed by providers for emergency care and place into statutes reimbursement options, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee took a pass on the companion bill, SB 516. Hospitals and doctor groups opposed the House bill but it was supported by the Florida Association of Health Plans.…
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