§ 9377a.
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§ 9377a. Prior authorization pilot program
(a)The Green Mountain Care Board shall develop and implement a pilot program or programs for the purpose of measuring the change in system costs within primary care associated with eliminating prior authorization requirements for imaging, medical procedures, prescription drugs, and home care. The program shall be designed to measure the effects of eliminating prior authorizations on provider satisfaction and on the number of requests for and expenditures on imaging, medical procedures, prescription drugs, and home care. In developing the pilot program proposal, the Board shall collaborate with health care professionals and health insurers throughout the State or regionally.
(b)The Board shall submit an update regarding implementation of prior authorization pilot programs as part of its annual report under subsection 9375(d) of this title. (Added 2013, No. 79, § 40a.)