Health Insurance and Dental Plan Organizations - Dentists - Assignment of Benefits and Reimbursement of Nonpreferred Providers
What this bill does
Prohibiting certain insurers and dental plan organizations from prohibiting an assignment of benefits to a provider who is a dentist by an insured or refusing to directly reimburse a nonpreferred provider who is a dentist; requiring a nonpreferred provider who is a dentist and who seeks an assignment of benefits from an insured or enrollee to provide certain information to the insured or enrollee before performing a health care service and submit a disclosure form to document the assignment of benefits; etc.
Analysis reads the bill text, the fiscal note, and the witness list. It is generated by Claude and reviewed by nobody, so check the source documents before you rely on it.
Testimony (22)
MGA witness list| Position | Witness | Organization | Testimony |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAV | Kwakye, Candace | Candace Kwakye DDS LLC | Position only |
| FAV | Grillon, George | MD State Dental Association/Md society Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons | Position only |
| FAV | Leboe, William | MSDA | Position only |
| FAV | Leboe, William | MSDA | Position only |
| FAV | Prokop, Dr Marla | MSDA | Position only |
| FAV | Dargan, Stephen | Maryland State Dental Association | Oral |
| FAV | Dargan, Stephen | Maryland State Dental Association | Position only |
| FAV | Doring, Charles | Maryland State Dental Association | Position only |
| FAV | Doring, Charles | Maryland State Dental Association | Oral |
| FAV | Liang, Christopher | Maryland State Dental Association | Position only |
| FAV | Saini, Tarun | Maryland State Dental Association | Position only |
| FAV | Doherty, Daniel | Maryland State Dental Association, Maryland Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Doherty, Daniel | Maryland State Dental Association, Maryland Society of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons | Oral + Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hayes, Antonio | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Hayes, Antonio | Individual | Written (PDF) |
| FAV | Kuzmak, Lyndsay | Individual | Position only |
| FAV | Senator Hayes, Senator Hayeslegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Senator Hayes, Senator Hayeslegislator | Individual | Oral |
| FAV | Y, Jean | Individual | Position only |
| UNF | Lerol, Travis | Travis Lerol | Position only |
| INFO | Williams, Irnise | OAG | Written (PDF) |
| INFO | Williams, Irnise | OAG | Written (PDF) |
