Medical groups have registered in favor of a bill that would bar health insurance companies from requiring providers to accept virtual credit card payments.

AB351 author Rep. Clint Moses, R-Menomonie, said the measure would help health care providers avoid getting stuck with an extra fee they then have to pass on to customers.

“Many cases, the only way we can recoup that money is by billing our private payers more, if we can under contract, or self payers,” the chiropractor said. “And in my industry, same with the dental industry, there’s still a fair number of patients that either have high deductible insurance or no insurance, where they’re having to pay us.”

The bill wouldn’t prohibit health care providers from accepting virtual credit card payments, if that’s what they prefer. But i

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