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Read. Follow. Verify.Massachusetts Senate bill prohibits carriers from limiting provider rate increases based on health care cost growth benchmark
Last action · January 29, 2026: Accompanied a study order, see S2931Sponsor: Mike Moore
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What This Bill Would Do
Massachusetts Senate Bill 896 prohibits health insurance s from limiting a health care provider's ability to negotiate a rate increase that exceeds the state .
Changes contract negotiation rules between medical providers and insurance companies regarding rates that outpace state growth targets.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Health care providers
Providers gain legal protection to negotiate rate increases exceeding the cost growth benchmark without carrier limits.
Health insurance carriers
Carriers are prohibited from capping provider rate negotiations based on the state cost growth benchmark.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
4 actions- Jan 29, 2026SenateAccompanied a study order, see S2931
- May 22, 2025JointHearing scheduled for 06/02/2025 from 11:00 AM-03:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
- Feb 27, 2025HouseHouse concurred
- Feb 27, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to the committee on Health Care Financing
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