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HMSA insurance to cover naturopathic physicians

12/18/2013

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With the Affordable Care Act (ACA) going into effect Jan1, 2014, Hawaii’s largest insurance company HMSA will cover visits with naturopathic physicians like me. Section 2706 of the ACA is a nondiscrimination provision that requires that insurers include and reimburse licensed health care providers, including naturopathic physicians, in health insurance plans. 

As a nonparticipating provider with HMSA I will give patients the paperwork to submit for reimbursement at the end of the office visit. Laboratory testing through our local labs should be covered when ordered by naturopathic physicians. (Coverage pertains only to regular HMSA members, not HMSA-Quest members.)

One would hope that other insurers in Hawaii (Kaiser, UHA, HMAA) will comply with the above mentioned nondiscrimination provision of the ACA, but as of this writing I do not have further information.

Current patients and prospective patients feel free to contact me for more information.


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    Dr. Carrie Brennan is a naturopathic physician who lives and practices on the island of Kauai in Hawaii.  She can be reached at (808) 652-7581.

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