HB1554 Requiring insurance carriers to provide peer-to-peer review at any stage of prior authorization and mandating disclosure of reviewer credentials.
Requiring insurance carriers to provide peer-to-peer review at any stage of prior authorization and mandating disclosure of reviewer credentials.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Mixed
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
Peer-to-peer review helps overturn inappropriate claim denials, potentially saving patients thousands in out-of-pocket costs for needed treatments.
Your Community
Empowers doctors to advocate for their patients' care and increases transparency in the insurance authorization process that delays or denies treatment.
Your Freedom
Strengthens patients' ability to get the medical care their doctors recommend by reducing opaque insurance bureaucracy.
Status
Conference Committee Report; Not Signed Off; Senate Journal 14
Sponsor
Julie Miles (R)
The Short Version
Requires health insurance companies to allow doctors to speak directly with the insurance reviewer (peer-to-peer review) at any point during the prior authorization process and disclose the reviewer's credentials. Currently in Senate Commerce committee.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ Patients whose treatments require prior authorization
- ▲ Doctors frustrated by opaque denial processes
- ▲ Healthcare quality overall
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Insurance companies that would face more peer-to-peer review obligations
- ▼ Potentially higher insurance administrative costs
Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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