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This bill aims to improve podiatry care coverage in health insurance policies by mandating that insurers treat podiatric services equally with services provided by physicians. Specifically, the bill requires that if an insurance policy covers podiatric care, it must provide the same reimbursement rates and coverage terms for services performed by a licensed podiatrist as those performed by a physician. The bill also stipulates that any deductibles, co-payments, co-insurance amounts, fee limits, and utilization reviews for podiatric care cannot be discriminatory and must be equivalent to those applied to other health professionals treating similar conditions. Furthermore, the bill ensures that these provisions apply to individual and group health insurance policies, medical expense indemnity corporations, and health service corporations. The new regulations are designed to prevent insurers from creating barriers to podiatric care and to recognize podiatrists as equal healthcare providers. The bill will take effect on the first day of January following its enactment and will apply to new, renewed, modified, altered, or amended insurance policies from that date forward.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A3782