HB 1148

Health Insurance - Two-Sided Incentive Arrangements and Capitated Payments - Authorization

Sponsor: Delegate PendergrassCommittee: Health and Government OperationsSubject: Health - InsuranceStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 297 (as of Nov 15, 2022)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Providing that value-based arrangements established under certain provisions of federal law are exempt from certain provisions of State law regulating health care practitioner referrals; providing that a health care practitioner or set of health care practitioners that accepts capitated payments in a certain manner but does not perform certain other acts is not considered to be performing acts of an insurance business; etc.

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Testimony (36)

MGA witness list

FAV 18FavorableFWA 7Favorable with amendmentsUNF 4UnfavorableINFO 7Information only

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Cavanaugh, Sean	Aledade	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Gelburd, Mollie	America's Health Insurance Plans	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Pieninck, Brianlobbyist	CareFirst	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Wheeler, Brian	CareFirst	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Cullison, Delegate, Bonnie	Delegate Bonnie Cullison	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Celentano, Matthewlobbyist	Funk & Bolton, P.A.	Written (PDF)
FAV	Taylor, Allisonlobbyist	Kaiser Permanente	Written (PDF)
FAV	Townsend, Pegeen A.lobbyist	MedStar Health	Written (PDF)
FAV	Starbuck, Sam	Privia Health	Written (PDF)
FAV	Williams, Trenor	Socially Determined	Written (PDF)
FAV	Matthews, Kameron	Testifying on behalf of CareFirst	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Chung, Sandy	Trusted Doctors	Written (PDF)
FAV	Winn, Joe	UnitedHealth Group	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Pendergrass, Delegate Pendergrasslegislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	Gelb-Safran, Dana dsafran	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Nichols, Len	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Oh, Andrew	Individual	Written (PDF)
FAV	Robinson, Kimberlylobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Sheppard II, JD	APTA MD	Written (PDF)
UNF	Gill, MBA, RDN, LDN, Harlivleen	Bethesda NEWtrition and Wellness Solutions	Written (PDF)
UNF	Dargan, Stephen	Maryland State Dental Association	Position only
UNF	Doherty, Daniel	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Shattuck, Daniellobbyist	Brocato & Shattuck	Oral
FWA	Ransom, Gene	MedChi, The Maryland State Med	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Brocato, Barbaralobbyist	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Doyle, Lori	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FWA	Kasemeyer, Pam	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Kauffman, Dannalobbyist	Individual	Written (PDF)
FWA	Wise, Steve	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Steffen, Ben	MHCC	Written (PDF)
INFO	Atlas, Boblobbyist	Maryland Hospital Association	Written (PDF)
INFO	Birrane, Kathleen	Maryland Insurance Administration	Written (PDF)
INFO	O'Connor, Patricia	Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Health Education and Advocacy Unit (HEAU)	Written (PDF)
INFO	(MD), State of Maryland	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	Maryland, State of	Individual	Written (PDF)
INFO	State of, Maryland	Individual	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

AledadeFAV 1

America's Health Insurance PlansFAV 1

APTA MDUNF 1

Bethesda NEWtrition and Wellness SolutionsUNF 1

Brocato & ShattuckFWA 1

CareFirstFAV 2

Delegate Bonnie CullisonFAV 1

Funk & Bolton, P.A.FAV 1

Kaiser PermanenteFAV 1

Maryland Hospital AssociationINFO 1

Maryland Insurance AdministrationINFO 1

Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Health Education and Advocacy Unit (HEAU)INFO 1

Maryland State Dental AssociationUNF 1

MedChi, The Maryland State MedFWA 1

MedStar HealthFAV 1

MHCCINFO 1

Privia HealthFAV 1

Socially DeterminedFAV 1

Testifying on behalf of CareFirstFAV 1

Trusted DoctorsFAV 1

UnitedHealth GroupFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

FAVPieninck, BrianCareFirstRegistered for: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

FAVCelentano, MatthewFunk & Bolton, P.A.Registered for: 38 Degrees North; Advanced Energy United; Alliance of Maryland Dental Plans; Allstate Insurance Company; America's Health Insurance Plans; American Council of Life Insurers…

FAVTaylor, AllisonKaiser PermanenteRegistered for: Kaiser Permanente

FAVTownsend, Pegeen A.MedStar HealthRegistered for: MedStar Health

FAVRobinson, KimberlyRegistered for: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield; Cigna Corporate Services, LLC

FWAShattuck, DanielBrocato & ShattuckRegistered for: Acorn Health; American Physical Therapy Association Maryland - APTA MD; Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, P.C.; Associates in Radiation Medicine; League for People with Disabilities, The; Maryland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics…

FWABrocato, BarbaraRegistered for: Acorn Health; American Physical Therapy Association Maryland - APTA MD; Arthritis & Rheumatism Associates, P.C.; Associates in Radiation Medicine; League for People with Disabilities, The; Maryland Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics…

FWAKauffman, DannaRegistered for: Amazon.com Services, LLC; American Association of Dental Boards c/o Commission on Dental Competency Assessments; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Behavioral Health System Baltimore; City of Rockville; Community Behavioral Health Association of Maryland…

INFOAtlas, BobMaryland Hospital AssociationRegistered for: Maryland Hospital Association