SB 225

This bill prohibits health insurance entities from discriminating between a chiropractic physician and a physician with respect to the methodology used to calculate reimbursement or the amount of reimbursement. A health insurance entity cannot attempt to circumvent this provision by creating a chiropractic-specific code or payment methodolo g y, although it does not limit the ability of a health insurance entity to utilize national uniform relative value units that account for the relative resources used in furnishing a service or procedure. However, this bill does not apply to TennCare, Cove r Kids, or insurance coverage provided by this state or local governments of this state.