On Tuesday, April 24, outside legal counsel Hall Render sent a letter to the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) regarding network adequacy concerns with Premera’s recently announced rate cuts.
In an effort to reduce administrative burdens for providers in Washington State, the Legislature passed Second Substitute House Bill 2335 in 2016, which requires providers to submit credentialing applications to a single credentialing database, Medversant’s ProviderSource, by June 1, 2018.