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L.D. 1859/Rule 850
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Jaime D'Errico
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Mar 08, 2004 12:52 PST
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On Wednesday, March 10, at 1:00 p.m., the Insurance and Financial
Services Committee is holding a work session to consider L.D. 1859,
which proposes major substantive amendments to Rule 850, dealing with
HMO geographic access standards.
In December, Consumers for Affordable Health Care submitted comments to
the proposed amendments to the Bureau of Insurance. While some of our
minor comments were incorporated into the rule, the most significant
ones were not. As an organization, we are especially concerned that this
rule fails to use quality performance measurements that are established
by a nationally recognized source independent of health insurance
carriers. We believe that insurance carriers should have hard data from
an independent source before they send their subscribers further for
treatment.
Please contact members of the Insurance and Financial Services Committee
immediately and ask them to insist that the rule be amended to require
data from an independent source such as the Maine Quality Forum.
senLloyd.L-@legislature.maine.gov
neriado-@adelphia.net
artm-@gwi.net
chri-@maine.rr.com
canavan.wtvl.net
KJJJP-@aol.com
RepBonita-@legislature.maine.gov
RepAnne-@legislature.maine.gov
gly-@maine.rr.com
Fl-@ainop.com
RepL-@megalink.net
repmav-@hotmail.com
RGWoo-@aol.com
Michelle A. Small, Esq.
Director of Programs and Policy
Consumers for Affordable Health Care
39 Green Street
P.O. Box 2490
Augusta, ME 04338-2490
207.622.7083 Foundation
207.622.7045 Coalition
207.622.7077 Fax
www.mainecahc.org
Advocating the right to health care for every man, woman and child.
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