To prohibit group health plans, health insurance issuers, and Federal health care programs from applying prior authorization requirements, utilization management techniques, and medical necessity reviews.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To prohibit group health plans, health insurance issuers, and Federal health care programs from applying prior authorization requirements, utilization management techniques, and medical necessity reviews., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Immigration.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HF7A274D5EB8E46849F48D6B7220CFB50: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Doctor Knows Best Act of 2023.
- Section HEC92CFE82AD6444A8C335917D1D18A86: 2. Prohibiting prior authorization requirements, utilization management techniques, and medical necessity reviews Subpart II of part A of title XXVII of the...
- Section H511250A0CFDB4B01B2DD15BF6188405A: 2730. Prohibition on prior authorization requirements, utilization management techniques, and medical necessity reviews A group health plan, and a health...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To prohibit group health plans, health insurance issuers, and Federal health care programs from applying prior authorization requirements, utilization management techniques, and medical necessity reviews., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Finance, Immigration
Primary Purpose
This bill, To prohibit group health plans, health insurance issuers, and Federal health care programs from applying prior authorization requirements, utilization management techniques, and medical necessity reviews., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Van Drew introduced the following bill; which was referred …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "federal_implementing_agencies"
- → Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill
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