Congressman Schweikert and Congresswoman Moore Introduce Legislation to Provide Patients With Continuity of Care
"It can be a terrifying situation for patients when suddenly and unexpectedly they have their previous provider go out-of-network," said
"As a cancer survivor, I know how important it is to have sustained access to high quality health care and providers you trust and have worked with can be to having good health outcomes. I am pleased to join my colleague from
Receiving long-term treatment already takes a financial, emotional and physical toll. I know this on a personal level," continued
Background:
H.R. 5816, the Continuing Care for Patients Act, provides protections for patients in who's provider abruptly moves out-of-network. This legislation requires that patients be notified on a timely basis if their provider is no longer in-network and their right to continue to seeing that provider until the treatment is completed or for up to 90 days. The 90 day threshold will ensure patients have sufficient time to coordinate care with a new provider in their network if the course of treatment is expected to exceed that time frame..
Text of the Continuing Care for Patients Act is available here (https://schweikert.house.gov/sites/schweikert.house.gov/files/Continuity%20of%20care%20section%20%28002%29.pdf).
A section-by-section summary of the Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act of 2020 is available here (https://schweikert.house.gov/sites/schweikert.house.gov/files/SURPRISEBILL-WM_07_xml%20%28002%29.pdf).
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