NOTES 1. J. Anderson, "Any Willing Provider Battles Heat Up in States," Medicine and Health (2 May 1994): 1-4; and "Any Willing Provider Laws: A Managed Care Thorn Congress Doesn't Seem Ready to Remove," Health Care Reform Week (9 May 1994): 1. 2. 42 U.S.C., Section 300e-10.
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The Northeast Georgia Cancer Care doctors alleged that such tactics violated the state's any-willing-provider law, which, like in most states, bars managed care entities from excluding physicians from ... Contract Language »; New laws on patient security breaches mean your associate contracts probably need updating...
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Without the benefit of any-willing-provider laws, some physicians may restrict needed services for fear of deselection by a managed care organization, which leaves them no recourse and, ultimately, no patients to treat [5]. Only with the continued proliferation of any-willing-provider laws will providers be able...
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Any-Willing-Provider (AWP) legislation requires that health plans accept any health care provider who agrees to conform to the plan's conditions, terms, and reimbursement rates. Many states have ... Our results show that "all-provider" AWP laws have a very limited effect on the financial performance measures we examine.
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In 1994, a group of HMOs and the Kentucky Association of Health Plans challenged two any willing provider laws in Kentucky (Kentucky Association of Health Plans v. Nichols, 9/7/00). On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that states do have the right to force managed care organizations to...
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From the Arkansas News Bureau, "Any willing provider law upheld, but won't apply to self-insured, court rules ." The article discusses the Eighth Circuit opinion in the case of Prudential ... Read about the legal issues pertaining to AWP laws in this article: "Kentucky's “Any Willing Provider” Law and ERISA:
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The spread of state any willing provider laws.(Examining the Role of Regulation - The Congress recently enacted laws specifying a minimum number of hou : Encyclopedia.com ... AWP seen as state by state combat.(any willing provider health insurance laws); Magazine article from: National Underwriter Life & Health...
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"Any Willing Provider" laws are not preempted by ERISA because they are state laws regulating insurance if they are (1) specifically directed toward entities engaged in insurance and (2) substantially affect the risk-pooling arrangement between the insurer and the insured.
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The Supreme Court's ruling on "any willing provider" laws could prove significant to some dermatologists in the short term and to many in the long term.
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