Insurance Parity Bill Passes

Good news for Colorado Acupuncturists and patients! HB11-1186 passed and will be enacted January 1, 2012... What does this mean for practitioners and patients? The description of the bill is, as follows:

Currently, when an insurance policy or plan provides for reimbursement for services performed by certain health care providers licensed to perform the services, a health insurance carrier cannot deny reimbursement when the services are performed. The bill adds licensed acupuncturists to the list of health care providers that cannot be denied reimbursement.

So now patients can start to claim reimbursement more frequently and actually be repaid for services. This is a huge step for acupuncturists as well. You can read more about the bill and thank the Acupuncture Association of Colorado for their diligence and perseverance~