Tia Madaffari Hackett

This bill would duplicate the information contained in the Explanation of Benefits clients receive from insurance companies as well as cause undue hardship on clinicians who are already drowning in unpaid paperwork, as unlike physicians, we generally cannot afford administrative assistants and do our own paperwork. Also, a patient can ASK for this information at any time- to mandate it is not necessary. I believe that this bill passing would have many more therapists leave insurance panels, causing more clients to have to pay out of pocket. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.