(a) Any disease management program implemented by the Department must be or must have been developed in consultation with physician organizations, such as State, national, and specialty medical societies, and any available standards or guidelines of these organizations. These programs must be based on evidence-based, scientifically sound principles that are accepted by the medical community. An enrollee must be excused from participation in a disease management program if the enrollee’s physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, in his or her professional judgment, determines that participation is not beneficial to the enrollee.
     (b) Any performance measures, such as primary care provider monitoring, implemented by the Department must be or must have been developed on consultation with physician organizations, such as State, national, and specialty medical societies, and any available standards or guidelines of these organizations. These measures must be based on evidence-based, scientifically sound principles that are accepted by the medical community.
     (c) The Department shall adopt variance procedures for the application of any disease management program or any performance measures to an individual enrollee.