2019 Revised Code of Washington
Title 48 - Insurance
Chapter 48.49 - Balance Billing Protection Act.
48.49.050 Commissioner's annual report on dispute resolution information regarding arbitration over commercially reasonable payment amounts.
RCW 48.49.050 Commissioner's annual report on dispute resolution information regarding arbitration over commercially reasonable payment amounts. (Effective January 1, 2020, until January 1, 2024.)
(1) The commissioner must prepare an annual report summarizing the dispute resolution information provided by arbitrators under RCW 48.49.040. The report must include summary information related to the matters decided through arbitration, as well as the following information for each dispute resolved through arbitration: The name of the carrier; the name of the health care provider; the health care provider's employer or the business entity in which the provider has an ownership interest; the health care facility where the services were provided; and the type of health care services at issue.
(2) The commissioner must post the report on the office of the insurance commissioner's web site and submit the report in compliance with RCW 43.01.036 to the appropriate committees of the legislature, annually by July 1st.
(3) This section expires January 1, 2024.
[ 2019 c 427 ยง 9.]
