The Ohio State Medical Association said this week that passage of legislation currently being considered in the Ohio Senate would streamline patient care for doctors in the state (Source: “OSMA director: Health insurance law would aid doctors,” Lawrence Eagle-Gazette, Sept. 30, 2011).
Among the provisions of Senate Bill 136, which is know as the Health Insurance Modernization Act, are ones that would make prior authorization for physicians from insuance companies more transparent and decrease the time insurance companies must pay doctors from 30 to 15 days.
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