Year: 2020
Resolution Number: 31
Action Taken: Referred to the Board
Status: Pending HOD Consideration
Author(s): Megan Edison, MD
Sponsor: David Whalen, MD, Regional Delegation Chair
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with Michigan health insurance companies to change credentialing requirements to be in compliance with Public Act 487 of 2018, by requiring only initial board certification for the credentialing of in-network physicians specializing in family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS pursue legal action against Michigan health insurance companies that refuse to work with MSMS to bring the health insurance company’s credentialing requirements into legal compliance with Public Act 487 of 2018 and continue to discriminate against family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatric physicians for not participating in or purchasing a maintenance of certification product.
RESOLVED: That MSMS work with Michigan health insurance companies to change credentialing requirements to be in compliance with Public Act 487 of 2018, by requiring only initial board certification for the credentialing of in-network physicians specializing in family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatrics; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That MSMS pursue legal action against Michigan health insurance companies that refuse to work with MSMS to bring the health insurance company’s credentialing requirements into legal compliance with Public Act 487 of 2018 and continue to discriminate against family medicine, internal medicine, and pediatric physicians for not participating in or purchasing a maintenance of certification product.
Fiscal Note: $100,000+
Resolution: View PDF for Bring Insurance Credentialing into Legal Compliance on Maintenance of Certification
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