Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 1976
Every doctor of medicine, every doctor of dental surgery, every podiatrist, and every health care provider within a class approved by the health care corporation who is appropriately licensed to practice and who is reputable […]
Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 1976
Any health care corporation organized under this chapter and engaged in a health care plan may contract with any agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the United States of America or of this state to […]
Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 1976
Health care corporations shall have the right to sell contracts providing for the payment of specified charges made by participating physicians furnishing medical or surgical care, or both, to the holders of such contracts, their […]
Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 1994
The board shall certify health care providers or a group of medical service providers if it: (1) proposes to provide services that meet the board’s standards; (2) provides appropriate financial incentives to reduce service costs […]
Ga. Code Ann. §§ 33-20B-1 through 33-20B-6: Essential Rural Health Care Provider Access Act – Georgia
Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 2000
Provisions govern the inclusion of essential rural health care providers as participating providers in health benefit plans and health maintenance organizations.
Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 1988
It is the intent of the General Assembly to encourage health care cost containment while preserving quality of care by allowing health care insurers to enter into preferred provider arrangements and by establishing minimum standards […]
Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 1997
Sections govern Health Plan Purchasing Coopertives.
Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 1994
Provides that any managed care organization issuing benefits shall be ready and willing to enter into care provider service agreements with all qualified providers of the category which are necessary to provide the health care […]
Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 2014
Hospital emergency departments, jails and law enforcement agencies in Idaho have become the default providers of crisis intervention to Idaho citizens with behavioral health disorders. Extensive resources are being unnecessarily expended by law enforcement and […]
Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 2015
It is the policy of the state of Idaho to promote personal responsibility for health care and the cost-effective delivery of medical services by encouraging innovative use of direct patient-provider practices for primary medical care. […]
Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 1996
Statute prohibits a health insurance policy from refusing to designate a women’s health care provider as an insured’s primary care provider if the women’s health care provider meets the terms and conditions for participation as […]
Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 2017
Statute requires the secretary to develop uniform standards to be utilized by each managed care organization, including prior authorization procedures and requirements, and retrospective utilization review. A managed care organization may not discriminate against any […]
Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 1998
Prohibits a health insurer from discriminating against any provider who is located within the geographic coverage area of the health benefit plan and is also willing to meet the established terms and conditions for participation […]
Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 1997
Statute lays out the rules and regulations of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Health Maintenance Organization. The plan shall enter into a contract with any willing provider licensed by the Louisiana State Board […]
Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 1997
Statutes address the issues of rural hospitals, which are in a poor financial condition and have a difficult time attracting physicians to practice in their service areas. Statutes intend to reduce rural hospital dependence on […]
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§ 40:2202 through 40:2207: Health Care Cost Control– Preferred Provider Organizations – Louisiana
Status: Enacted
Year Enacted: 1984
Statutes govern preferred provider organization contracting and state that any group purchaser may contract with any provider in any contractual agreement or agreements to form a preferred provider organization.
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