title: Finance issue brief: prompt payment.
abstract: Although under standard business laws withholding prompt payment is considered an unfair trade practice, a number of states are enacting new laws or clarifying existing language to ensure that health plans are paying providers in a timely fashion.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stauffer
mesh_terms: D000067:Accounts Payable and Receivable; D005544:Forecasting; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007349:Insurance, Health, Reimbursement / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000639:trends; D008329:Managed Care Programs; D013219:State Government; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States