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Investing.com -- Health insurance company Humana (NYSE:HUM) has expressed support for a legislative move that could reduce billing practices which currently allow insurers to earn billions in additional payments, according to the Wall Street Journal on Thursday.
The proposed legislative change would put a cap on the profitable payments that insurance companies can receive from diagnoses made by nurse practitioners during home visits to enrollees.
Humana communicated its willingness to back these new restrictions in a one-page policy overview that was shared with congressional staffers, the report said.
The current billing practices involve nurse practitioners visiting millions of enrollees in their homes, and the diagnoses made during these visits can lead to substantial extra payments for insurers.
The proposed limitations aim to curtail these practices, potentially saving billions of dollars.
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