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HI SB2270
Bill
Status
3/2/2010
Primary Sponsor
Rosalyn Baker
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AI Summary
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Requires Medicaid reimbursements to hospitals for acute-care bed patients on long-term care waitlists to be at least equal to the acute-care service rate.
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Requires Medicaid reimbursements to long-term care facilities for patients with medically complex conditions to be at least equal to the subacute care rate.
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Mandates Medicaid and contracted health plans reimburse uncontested or undenied claims within 30 calendar days for written claims or 15 calendar days for electronically filed claims, unless shorter timeframes are specified in contracts.
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Supported by the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, The Queen's Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, and the Healthcare Association of Hawaii; opposed by the Department of Human Services.
Legislative Description
Medicaid; Hospital Reimbursements; Long-Term Care Reimbursements; Appropriation
Last Action
(H) Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Carroll, Chang, Har, Manahan, Morita, M. Oshiro, Tokioka, Ward excused (8).
3/19/2010