41-2873. BEST PRICE — MOST FAVORED NATIONS CLAUSE PROHIBITED. (1) No stock or mutual insurance company (hereafter, insurance company) may require, as an element of any health care provider participation contract, that any provider agree:
(a) To the unnegotiated adjustment by the insurance company of the provider’s contractual reimbursement rate to equal the lowest reimbursement rate the provider has agreed to charge any other payor;
(b) To a requirement that the provider adjust, or enter into negotiations to adjust, his or her charges to the insurance company if the provider agrees to charge another payor lower rates; or
(c) To a requirement that the provider disclose his or her contractual reimbursement rates from other payors.
(2) For the purposes of this section, "provider" means any physician, hospital, or other person licensed or otherwise authorized to furnish health care services in Idaho.
History:
[41-2873, added 1998, ch. 422, sec. 2, p. 1334.]
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