HI HCR157

Requests the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to conduct a survey with the medical professional community on accountable care organizations and direct primary care/concierge medicine in Hawaii.

Survey must identify the extent of development of accountable care organizations in the state, the number and type of health care providers participating, and the number of patients served by insurance type (private, Medicare, Medicaid).

Survey must determine the penetration of direct primary care and concierge medicine in Hawaii's health care marketplace, participating providers, and patients served by insurance type.

Survey must assess whether accountable care organizations and direct primary care/concierge medicine have increased or decreased access to primary care services for Medicare and Medicaid patients.

Insurance Division to collaborate with the Board of Medicine, Hawaii Medical Association, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and independent physicians associations, and submit findings and recommendations to the Legislature by twenty days before the 2017 Regular Session.