Effective 1 de febrero de 2020, a new policy, Hospital Laboratory Pass Through Billing, has been created indicating pass-through billing shall not be billed by hospitals to BCBSRI or to a BCBSRI member. Any claims for services that are determined by BCBSRI to be done through pass-through billing, will be denied as provider liability and are not reimbursable by BCBSRI. Please see the full text of this policy here.