In New Jersey a bill introduced in the Legislature will require the state to develop a database of medical, pharmacy, and dental insurance claims; healthcare utilization; and safety and medical outcomes, to aid healthcare price transparency.
The New Jersey All-Payer Claims Database Act (A-3603/S-2508), would require the Department of Banking and Insurance to collect the requisite data. It also would establish an arbitration process to resolve disputes between providers and insurers and would limit the amount that doctors outside a patient’s insurance network who work at an in-network hospital could be paid.
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