HB1770 regulates vision benefit managers to ensure fair reimbursement and access to vision services.

HB1770 amends Washington state law to regulate vision benefit managers, prohibiting them from providing different reimbursement amounts for vision services among providers of the same profession within the same health plan. It also restricts vision benefit managers from reimbursing providers less than ophthalmologists for the same services. The bill further limits the conditions vision benefit managers can impose on providers, such as requiring them to join specific networks or purchase materials from suppliers in which the manager has a financial interest.

HB1770 regulates vision benefit managers to ensure fair reimbursement and access to vision services.

HB1770 amends Washington state law to regulate vision benefit managers, prohibiting them from providing different reimbursement amounts for vision services among providers of the same profession within the same health plan. It also restricts vision benefit managers from reimbursing providers less than ophthalmologists for the same services. The bill further limits the conditions vision benefit managers can impose on providers, such as requiring them to join specific networks or purchase materials from suppliers in which the manager has a financial interest.