NY | The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has issued Insurance Circular Letter No. 1.
The purpose of this circular letter is to advise insurers authorized to write accident and health insurance in this state, Article 43 corporations, health maintenance organizations, student health plans certified pursuant to Insurance Law § 1124, municipal cooperative health benefit plans, and prepaid health services plans with respect to commercial coverage, Child Health Plus, Essential Plan, and Medicaid managed care coverage (collectively “issuers”), independent agents performing utilization review under contracts with such issuers, and licensed independent adjusters, that they should suspend certain utilization review requirements for 30 days starting from the date of this letter, to assist hospitals with staffing and resources issues.