HB 2547 Summary

• Prohibits health care insurers and utilization review agents from assessing patient satisfaction with pain management to determine a provider's compensation or quality incentive payments.

• Prohibits health care insurers and utilization review agents from imposing financial penalties or taking disciplinary action against treating providers based on patient dissatisfaction with pain management.

• Applies the same prohibitions to program contractors under the Arizona health care system, preventing them from using patient satisfaction metrics related to pain management in provider compensation decisions.

• Amends Title 20, Chapter 15 of Arizona Revised Statutes by adding Article 3 on prohibited compensation practices and modifies Section 36-2947 regarding program contractor responsibilities.