Terms Used In Florida Statutes 641.2261

  • Balanced budget: A budget in which receipts equal outlays.
  • Health maintenance organization: means any organization authorized under this part which:
    (a) Provides, through arrangements with other persons, emergency care, inpatient hospital services, physician care including care provided by physicians licensed under chapters 458, 459, 460, and 461, ambulatory diagnostic treatment, and preventive health care services. See Florida Statutes 641.19
  • Provider: means any physician, hospital, or other institution, organization, or person that furnishes health care services and is licensed or otherwise authorized to practice in the state. See Florida Statutes 641.19
  • Provider service network: means a network authorized under…. See Florida Statutes 641.19

(1) The solvency requirements of ss. 1855 and 1856 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 and 42 C.F.R. 422.350, subpart H, apply to a health maintenance organization that is a provider-sponsored organization rather than the solvency requirements of this part. However, if the provider-sponsored organization does not meet the solvency requirements of this part, the organization is limited to the issuance of Medicare+Choice plans to eligible individuals. For the purposes of this section, the terms “Medicare+Choice plans,” “provider-sponsored organizations,” and “solvency requirements” have the same meaning as defined in the federal act and federal rules and regulations.
(2) Except for a provider service network seeking to obtain a certificate of authority under s. 641.2019, the solvency requirements in 42 C.F.R. 422.350, subpart H, and the solvency requirements established in approved federal waivers pursuant to chapter 409 apply to a Medicaid provider service network rather than the solvency requirements of this part.