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A bill requiring health insurers to pay for virtual health visits at the same rate as in-person visits for the next two years was passed by the state Senate Thursday and awaits the governor’s signature, even as health insurers registered their strong opposition.
The measure extends the pay parity provisions for virtual care, known as telehealth, that were adopted on an emergency basis at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Pay parity would be extended under the law until June 2023.
Insurers have objected to the measure as bypassing traditional negotiations with the industry on actions that could impact their operations and increase costs.
Health insurers denounce telehealth pay-parity bill as it goes to the governor hartfordbusiness.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hartfordbusiness.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Liese Klein
Surgical Care Affiliates, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group’s Optum division, filed a certificate of need with the state late last year to take a controlling interest in the Bloomfield facility, along with another bid to take control of a Stamford ambulatory surgical center.
Surgical Care Affiliates took over management of the Bloomfield center in December, adding to its roster of eight other surgical facilities across the state. Optum has also made recent moves to add to its portfolio of Connecticut physician practices, which includes one of the state’s largest groups, ProHealth Physicians.
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Bloomfield Ambulatory Surgery Center is located at 580 Cottage Grove Road (shown above) in Bloomfield.
Controversial school vaccination law allows broader use of medical waivers
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Last year the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services authorized that pharmacists in all 50 states could give childhood vaccinations.LM Otero / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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Last week 4,000 people gathered at the Connecticut State Capitol in opposition to a controversial bill that led to the repeal of the so-called religious exemption from mandatory childhood vaccinations, which Gov. Lamont signed into law the next day.Ken Dixon / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is one of the most-common childhood inoculations.Eric Risberg / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less