1. Our AMA will seek legislation to limit insurance companies, their agents, or any contractors from requesting payment back on paid claims to no more than 90 days after payment is made.

(a) Such legislation would require insurance companies, their agents, or any contractors to have a defined and acceptable process for physicians to dispute these maneuvers to get payment back on claims already processed, verified, and paid.

(b) Such legislation would ban insurance companies, their agents or contractors from using re-pricers and re-reviewers and to adhere to their own pricing and reviewing guidelines as agreed upon in their contracts with physicians.

2. Our AMA will pursue legislation to regulate self-insured plans in this regard and apply the same rules to Medicare and other federal plans.

Policy Timeline

Res. 215, A-09 Reaffirmed: BOT Rep. 09, A-19