Substitute for Raised H.B. No. 5377
Session Year 2026

AN ACT CONCERNING RETURN OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PAYMENTS.

To: (1) Shorten the time period that health carriers may cancel, deny or demand the return of payment from health care providers and to require that health carriers establish an electronic appeal process; and (2) require hospital-based facilities to submit such facility's national provider identifier and tax identification number with each claim for reimbursement.

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