The Massachusetts Medical Society would like to be recorded
in support of H.1140, “An Act to Reduce Administrative Burdens for Healthcare
Providers”.
This legislation would reduce the administrative burden of
physicians by prohibiting health care entities from forcing health care
providers to create new legal entities and/or establish new tax identification
numbers as a condition of contracting to provide health care services. Administrative
burdens have been identified by the Health Policy Commission as a driver of
health care cost increases. Unnecessary
requirements such as those targeted by this bill are costly and burdensome for
physicians, health care teams and large physician organizations. While not all
insurers enforce this requirement, this legislation would ensure that all
insurers adhere to more reasonable standards.
The MMS urges the Committee on Health Care Financing to
report this bill out favorably.
