26:2SS-12 Listing of arbitrations on website.

12. On or before January 31 of each calendar year, the commissioner shall consult with the Department of the Treasury, the relevant professional and occupational licensing boards within the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety, and the Department of Health, to obtain information to compile and make publicly available, on the department's website:

a. A list of all arbitrations filed pursuant to sections 10 and 11 of this act between January 1 and December 31 of the previous calendar year, including the percentage of all claims that were arbitrated.

(1) For each arbitration decision, the list shall include but not be limited to:

(a) an indication of whether the decision was in favor of the carrier or the out-of-network health care provider;

(b) the arbitration bids offered by each side and the award amount;

(c) the category and practice specialty of each out-of-network health care provider involved in an arbitration decision, as applicable; and

(d) a description of the service that was provided and billed for.

(2) The list of arbitration decisions shall not include any information specifically identifying the provider, carrier, or covered person involved in each arbitration decision.

b. The percentage of facilities and hospital-based professionals, by specialty, that are in-network for each carrier in this State as reported pursuant to subsection d. of section 7 of this act.

c. The number of complaints the department receives relating to out-of-network health care charges.

d. The number of and description of claims received by the State Health Benefits Program and the School Employees' Health Benefits Program for in-State emergency out-of-network health care and inadvertent out-of-network health care.

e. Annual trends on health benefits plan premium rates, total annual amount of spending on inadvertent and emergency out-of-network costs by carriers, and medical loss ratios in the State to the extent that the information is available.

f. The number of physician specialists practicing in the State in a particular specialty and whether they are in-network or out-of-network with respect to the carriers that administer the State Health Benefits Program, the School Employees' Health Benefits Program, the qualified health plans in the federally run health exchange in the State, and other health benefits plans offered in the State.

g. The results of the network audit required pursuant to section 16 of this act.

h. A summary of the information submitted to the department pursuant to subsection f. of section 6 of this act concerning the number of claims submitted by health care providers to carriers which are denied or down coded by the carrier and the reasons for the denials or down coding determinations.

i. Any other benchmarks or information obtained pursuant to this act that the commissioner deems appropriate to make publicly available to further the goals of the act.

L.2018, c.32, s.12.