Covered service provider is widened to a long list of services
What the document says“in subitem (AA) by striking ``Brokerage services,'' and inserting ``Services (including brokerage services),''; and”
Subsection (c) of section 6702 widens the definition of covered service provider. Brokerage services becomes services including brokerage services, and consulting becomes other services covering plan design, insurance or product selection, recordkeeping, medical management, benefits administration selection, stop-loss insurance, pharmacy benefit management services, wellness design and management, transparency tools, group purchasing agreements, preferred vendor panels, disease management, compliance services, employee assistance programs and third-party administration, or consulting on any of them. A contract in which a plan's service provider itself hires a pharmacy benefit manager counts as indirect furnishing, and such a manager may still claim relief where the conditions are met.
What the document actually says“in subitem (AA) by striking ``Brokerage services,'' and inserting ``Services (including brokerage services),''; and”
Cross out two words about one kind of work. Write in words that cover services in general, that kind among them.
The old words named only a few jobs. A firm doing other work fell outside. The new list is long and catches far more.
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