PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) — It’s a victory for patient choice.
The South Dakota Supreme Court held that Sanford Health Plan can no longer exclude non-Sanford medical providers who are willing and fully qualified to treat insureds of Sanford’s various health insurance plans.
The ruling held that Sanford Health Plan’s exclusion of those providers violated the Any Willing Provider Law and obstructed patient choice.
The “Any Willing Provider” law requires insurance plans to cover any provider in the region that meet the terms and conditions of participation as established by the health insurer.
