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CANCER.
WHERE YOU'RE TREATED
CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.

bill also requires patients to seek behavioral therapy to qualify
for treatment. While it is considered a best practice to receive
counselling in addition to MAT, PAMED opposes the language
mandating therapy. PAMED is part of a broad-based coalition
that strongly opposes this legislation.

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We believe in caring for
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the whole patient. Our
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HEALTH INSURANCE CREDENTIALING

For several legislative sessions, PAMED has been seeking a
legislative remedy that would speed up the health insurance
credentialing process for physicians. PAMED is pleased that
House Bill 533, legislation to address this issue, is beginning
to get some traction in the General Assembly. Newly licensed
physicians, or physicians moving into a different insurance
market, often experience lengthy delays in getting credentialed
by insurers. During that process, these individuals are unable
to treat patients, leaving patients denied access to care. House
Bill 533 seeks to limit the amount of time insurers can take to
approve, or deny, credential applications to 45 days and standardizes the process by requiring the use CAQH application forms.
Several organizations, including the Hospital Association, have
joined with PAMED to see this measure cross the finish line.

As an independent practice, we deliver comprehensive cancer
care at a substantially lower cost than at a hospital-based setting.
To refer a patient, call 717-291-1313.

ADDITIONAL ISSUES

Greenfield Corporate Center * 1858 Charter Lane, Suite 202

There are several other important issues either pending before
the state legislature or "waiting in the wings." These include,
but are by no means limited to, the following:
* New legislative language addressing out of network billing
is expected (at the time of this writing) to be considered
shortly after the legislature's summer recess.

(717) 291-1313 * www.lancastercancercenter.com

* PAMED is seeking to amend or repeal Act 112 that was
approved last year. The Act requires that physicians who
interpret imaging studies that show a "significant abnormality" must notify patients that the studies have been read and
that follow-up with the referring physician is recommended.
* PAMED is working with the Department of Health to
clarify provisions found in Act 96 that would allow physicians to be exempt from the requirement to e-prescribe all
controlled substances, Schedules II-V.

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