The bill amends the Arkansas Health Care Consumer Act to require healthcare insurers to make certain retroactive payments to providers upon their credentialing. Specifically, it modifies the payment responsibility of healthcare insurers to treat a physician as a participating provider from the date they are approved through the insurer's credentialing process. This includes retroactive payments to the date when the physician was able to sign under their Medicare number.

The changes in the legal language include the replacement of "an applicant" with "a" and the removal of "submission of a completed application once an applicant." The new language clarifies that the physician will be recognized as a participating provider from the date of their credentialing approval, ensuring that they receive payments retroactively for services rendered.

Statutes affected:
Old version HB1288 Original - 1-28-2025 05:03 PM: 23-99-411(a)
Old version HB1288 V2 - 2-10-2025 09:52 AM: 23-99-411(a)
Old version HB1288 V3 - 2-13-2025 10:28 AM: 23-99-411(a)
Old version HB1288 V4 - 2-20-2025 12:04 PM: 23-99-411(a)
HB 1288: 23-99-411(a)