Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 48 Insurance - Section 48.21.375 Fixed payment insurance -- Benefit restrictions

§ 48.21.375. Fixed payment insurance -- Benefit restrictions

Illness-triggered fixed payment insurance, hospital confinement fixed payment insurance, or other fixed payment insurance policies are not considered to provide coverage for hospital or medical expenses or care under this chapter, if the benefits provided are a fixed dollar amount that is paid regardless of the amount charged. The benefits may not be related to, or be a percentage of, the amount charged by the provider of service and must be offered as an independent and noncoordinated benefit with any other health plan as defined in RCW 48.43.005(19).

[2007 c 296 § 5.]

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