OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler extended his emergency order directing all state-regulated health insurers to make additional coverage changes to aid consumers during the coronavirus pandemic. His order is in effect until July 25 and requires health insurers to:
Continue coverage for providing telehealth via methods including telephone and video chat tools such as Facetime, Facebook Messenger video chat, Google Hangout video, Skype and Go-to-Meeting. Treat drive-up testing sites for COVID-19 as provider visits with no copay, coinsurance or…News Archive
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Two people pleaded guilty in King County Superior Court to insurance fraud charges in separate cases after investigations by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit (CIU).
Nikki Hill pleaded guilty to one felony charge of filing a false insurance claim. She was sentenced to serve 90 days in community service through King County Community Option, 24 months of unsupervised probation, and $500 in court fees. Restitution is to be determined.
According to the investigation, Hill was involved in a collision with a semi-truck on…
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued the following statement on today’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act and again reject the most recent challenge by the Republican Party:
“The U.S. Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling today on the challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) guarantees that the critical, often life-saving health coverage millions of Americans rely on will continue.
“The challenge was based on a shaky legal argument inspired by mean-spirited politics and their instigators who have consistently failed to…
OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has extended two emergency orders. His order requiring health insurers to waive copays and deductibles for any consumer requiring testing for the coronavirus (COVID-19) and his order protecting consumers from receiving surprise bills for lab fees related to medically necessary diagnostic testing for COVID-19 are both extended until July 11, 2021.
Kreidler's order waiving cost-sharing applies to all state-regulated health insurance plans and short-term, limited-duration medical plans. The order on surprise billing applies…