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Any Willing Provider Law
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Any Willing Provider Law
In health care, a law requiring an insurer or a managed care organization to allow policyholders to receive treatment from any provider willing to accept the fee the insurer offers, even if he/she is not in the insurer's network of approved providers. About half of U.S. states have any willing provider statutes.


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In upholding two Kentucky statutes, justices said nothing about any willing provider laws' potential benefits to patients, or whether they work as intended.
AFTER A 10-YEAR BATTLE IN the federal court system, the any willing provider law appeared to be settled in 2005 when it went into effect.
I don't think that any willing provider lowered the rates or raised the rates," said Greg Hatcher, owner of The Hatcher Agency of Little Rock.
 
 
 
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