insurance; cost sharing; breast exams
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Overview
This bill aims to ensure that insurance coverage in Arizona doesn’t require cost-sharing – like deductibles or copays – for certain breast cancer screenings and additional screening services. It applies to hospitals, medical services corporations, health care services organizations, disability insurers, and group disability insurers, requiring them to cover these screenings without requiring individuals to pay out-of-pocket unless they’ve met a deductible for preventive services.
Key provisions
- Prohibits cost-sharing requirements for preventative screening services for breast cancer.
- Prohibits cost-sharing requirements for additional screening services needed to complete a breast cancer screening continuum.
- Defines ‘additional screening services’ as a diagnostic breast examination and a supplemental breast examination.
- Defines ‘preventative screening services for breast cancer’ as screening mammography.
- Specifies that ‘cost sharing’ includes deductibles, coinsurance, copayments, and maximum out-of-pocket expenses.
- Clarifies the types of breast examinations included in diagnostic and supplemental screenings.
- Applies to hospital service corporations, medical service corporations, health care services organizations, disability insurers, and group disability insurers.
- Allows for cost sharing after a deductible is met, except for preventive services.
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