{"id":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-006","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New York; Department of Financial Services","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","eco":"","issuer":"Superintendent of Financial Services","authority":"N.Y. Ins. Law art. 49; Executive Order 202 as extended","instrument":"Insurance Circular Letter No. 17 (2020)","title":"Coronavirus and the Suspension of Certain Utilization Review and Notification Requirements under the \u0027Surge and Flex\u0027 Protocol","dateIssued":"2020-12-23","effective":"2020-12-23","end":"60 days (February 21, 2021)","startDate":"2020-12-23","endDate":"2021-02-21","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["all accident and health insurers","Article 43 corporations","HMOs","student health plans","municipal cooperative plans","prepaid health services plans","utilization review agents","licensed independent adjusters"],"clause":"must be suspended for 60 days starting from the date of this letter, to assist hospitals with implementation of the state\u0027s \u0027surge and flex\u0027 protocol.","enforcement":"N.Y. Ins. Law § 109; art. 49","functions":["IN health insurers (utilization review)","CB payers of hospitals (industry 01): preauthorization, concurrent review and notification requirements suspended","OP"],"notes":"Recites the Governor\u0027s December 7, 2020 Winter COVID-19 Plan \u0027mandating all hospitals to begin expanding their bed capacity.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.dfs.ny.gov/industry_guidance/circular_letters/cl2020_17","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201223194600/https://www.dfs.ny.gov/industry_guidance/circular_letters/cl2020_17","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":81024,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-006","citation":"Superintendent of Financial Services, Insurance Circular Letter No. 17 (2020) (Dec. 23, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-006)","stateName":"New York","related":[]}