California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 2 - Emergency Physician Fair Pricing Policies

• Section 127450.
  As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Allowance for financially qualified patient” means, with respect to emergency care rendered to a...
• Section 127451.
  A violation of this article shall not constitute a violation of the terms of a physician and surgeon’s licensure. (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 445,...
• Section 127452.
  (a) Uninsured patients or patients with high medical costs who are at or below 350 percent of the federal poverty level shall be eligible to apply...
• Section 127454.
  (a) Each emergency physician shall make all reasonable efforts to obtain from the patient, or his or her representative, information about whether private or public health...
• Section 127455.
  (a) Each emergency physician shall have a written policy about when and under whose authority patient debt is advanced for collection.(b) Each emergency physician shall establish a...
• Section 127456.
  (a) The period described in Section 127455 shall be extended if the patient has a pending appeal for coverage of the services, until a final determination...
• Section 127457.
  (a) After the period described in Section 127455, and upon the completion of appeals consistent with Section 127456, prior to commencing further collection activities against a...
• Section 127458.
  The emergency physician shall reimburse the patient or patients any amount actually paid in excess of the amount due under this article, including interest. Interest...
• Section 127459.
  The rights, remedies, and penalties established by this article are cumulative, and shall not supersede the rights, remedies, or penalties established under other laws.(Added by...
• Section 127460.
  Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit the emergency physician from uniformly imposing charges from its established charge schedule or published rates, nor...
• Section 127461.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amounts paid by parties for services resulting from reduced or waived charges under an emergency physician’s discounted payment...
• Section 127462.
  To the extent that any requirement of this article results in a federal determination that an emergency physician’s established charge schedule or published rates are...

Last modified: October 22, 2018