Health Care & Hospital Law
Jan. 5, 2022
AB 347, SB 535 & AB 342: Laws improve delivery of health care
Last year, the California Legislature took aim at three utilization management strategies employed by health plans and insurers to contain health care costs.
Katie Pettibone
Policy Advisor
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP
Prior to joining the Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Katie was a consultant in an independent public policy firm, where she advised on strategy and lobbied on behalf of clients before the California legislature. Before that, she served as the American Insurance Association's Vice President of State Affairs for the Western Region; Director of Legislation for the Civil Justice Association of California; and Senior Legislative Analyst in the California Governor's Office of Planning and Research.
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the great need for timely access to health care. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 virus made obtaining screening and diagnosis of diseases, like cancer, difficult. The results of delays in identification of diseases and procurement of needed medication will continue to be evaluated over the upcoming months and years, but in the meantime, the 2021 California Legislature acted to improve timely access to cancer testing and medical treatment....
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