The CAP and the Indiana Association of Pathologists (IAP) amended a comprehensive health care law to limit price disclosure to only 50 shoppable pathology and laboratory services.
Why it matters: Originally, the bill would have required publishing multiple prices for every CPT code for pathology and lab services.
Countering trends of narrowing networks of physicians, the new law requires the Indiana Department of Insurance to assess whether health plans meet network adequacy standards, including availability of specialty providers such as pathologists.
- CAP-supported network adequacy requirements overcame opposition from the insurance industry to become law in Indiana.
One more thing: Written estimates of scheduled, ordered, or referred services for patients will now be required within two business days, instead of five days.
On May 6, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed HB 1003 into law.