Healthy Competition for Better Care Act bans anticompetitive terms in health insurance contracts.
The Healthy Competition for Better Care Act aims to prevent anticompetitive agreements between health insurance plans and providers. It prohibits contracts that restrict insurers from directing patients to non-contracted providers or offering incentives for specific providers. Exceptions are made for certain value-based network arrangements. The Act also mandates regulations to enforce these provisions, ensuring insurers maintain flexibility in network design and cost initiatives.
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