A State's Task Force held their third round of meetings to revise proposed regulations designed to implement the Managed Care Law. The proposal defines a primary care provider as one who usually supervises patients' medical care by providing services or referrals. Under the current proposal, advanced nurse practitioners as well as gynecologists qualify as primary care providers. The House sponsor of the Managed Care Law, Tim Harlan, says nurse practitioners have become more qualified..
Columbia Representative Tim Harlan says Gary Watts and Jim Buck committed suicide because their insurance companies had refused to pay for their mental health treatment.
The committee stripped from the final version of the economic development bill the health-care amendment sponsored by Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, that had been approved by the House Friday.
Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, said the bill, which received broad bipartisan support and passed with a wide margin, was "very easily could be the most significant bill that passes this session."
Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia said he will give his full support to an amendment, offered by Senate sponsor Joe Maxwell, D-Mexico, that would ease requirements to which businesses must adhere.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, would require that committees which give advice and report to a chancellor or the president of UM would be covered by the state's open meetings when a meeting was held to discuss policy advice.
The bill's sponsor, Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, argues the POS provision was never intended to apply to the MC+ plan, and said he didn't expect the fiscal note to interpret it that way.
Bill sponsor Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, said many HMOs in Missouri already adhere to guidelines the bill sets forth but this bill would unify their operational standards. In Missouri, 40 percent of people covered by health insurance use health maintenance organizations.
Several representatives, including sponsor Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, said they think it is important to avoid bogging down the HMO regulation bill with extra amendments that could drive up the costs of the measure.
The House began hearing the bill, sponsored by Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, Wednesday and will continue today. The bill, which was drafted by a joint committee that met during the legislative intersession, would impose statewide regulations on managed care providers.
After it passed 16-6 in the House committee and received unanimous consent in the Senate committee, House sponsor Tim Harlan said he was optimistic about the measure's chance of reaching the governor's desk.
"I still have a problem with a constitutional amendment when it comes to the budget," said Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia. "A constitutional amendment is a serious step and I haven't seen anything that warrants it."
The House co-chair of the legislature's managed care committee, Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, said he had not expected the governor to mention the managed health care.
The House co-chair of the legislature's managed care committee, Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, said he had not expected the governor to mention the managed health care.
Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, noted that a high percentage increase was approved for the University last year. He said the university should not expect a large increase two years in a row.
Committee co-chairs Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, and Sen. Joe Maxwell, D-Mexico, said making sure people knew what their health plan covered or didn't cover was important to any reform package.
That was Rep. Tim Harlan's first day in Jefferson City as a politician and the Columbia Democrat said Wednesday that he just "relieved" the election was over quickly.
Rep. Tim Harlan, D-Columbia, said the governor's emphasis on technology preparedness ties in well with what the Columbia Public School District is already doing.
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