A Senate committee has forced federal agencies to take another look at guidance that could let carriers and group health plans keep state-licensed chiropractors, acupuncture providers or midwives out of their provider networks.
The three agencies – the Internal Revenue Service, the Employee Benefits Security Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services – have put out a request for information about provider non-discrimination.
The agencies issued the request because the Senate Appropriations Committee objected to a batch of answers to frequently asked questions the agencies issued in April 2013.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
