The Massachusetts Medical Society would like to be recorded
in support of H. 599, “An Act to Reduce Administrative Burdens for Healthcare
Providers”.
This legislation would reduce the administrative burden of
physicians by prohibiting health care entities from forcing health care
providers to create new legal entities and/or establish new tax identification
numbers as a condition of contracting to provide health care services. These
unnecessary requirements are costly and burdensome for physicians, health care
teams and large physician organizations. While not all insurers enforce this
requirement, this legislation would ensure that all insurers adhere to more
reasonable standards.
The MMS urges the Committee on Health Care Financing to
report this bill out favorably.
