Any Willing Provider Law – NEW JERSEY

NEW JERSEY SUMMARY OF EXISTING LAW

No pharmacy or pharmacist shall be denied the right to participate as a preferred provider or as a contracting provider, under the same terms and conditions currently applicable to all other preferred or contracting providers, in the context of HMOs, PPOs, group health plans, hospital service corporations, etc.

Link to Existing Law: N.J. Stat. Ann. § 26:2J-4.7; N.J.S.A. 17:48-6j

PRACTICAL NOTE FOR EXSISTING LAW

While this law provides strong ‘Any Willing Provider Law’ requirements applicable to most all types of plans (including Medicaid MCOs), its benefits to physician dispensers may be limited, since it refers to ‘pharmacies’ and ‘pharmacists.’