Michigan Laws 500.3405a – Use of most favored nation clause
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.3405a
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102
- Health maintenance organization: means that term as defined in section 3501. See Michigan Laws 500.106
- Insurer: means an individual, corporation, association, partnership, reciprocal exchange, inter-insurer, Lloyds organization, fraternal benefit society, or other legal entity, engaged or attempting to engage in the business of making insurance or surety contracts. See Michigan Laws 500.106
- Rate: means the cost of insurance per payroll before adjustment for an individual insured's size, exposure, or loss experience. See Michigan Laws 500.2402
(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this act to the contrary, this section applies to the use of a most favored nation clause in a provider contract on and after February 1, 2013.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), beginning February 1, 2013, an insurer or a health maintenance organization shall not use a most favored nation clause in any provider contract, including a provider contract in effect on February 1, 2013, unless the most favored nation clause has been filed with and approved by the director. Subject to subsection (3), beginning February 1, 2013, an insurer or a health maintenance organization shall not enforce a most favored nation clause in any provider contract without the prior approval of the director.
(3) Beginning January 1, 2014, an insurer or a health maintenance organization shall not use a most favored nation clause in any provider contract, including a provider contract in effect on January 1, 2014.
(4) As used in this section, “most favored nation clause” means a clause that does any of the following:
(a) Prohibits, or grants a contracting insurer or health maintenance organization an option to prohibit, a provider from contracting with another party to provide health care services at a lower rate than the payment or reimbursement rate specified in the contract with the insurer or health maintenance organization.
(b) Requires, or grants a contracting insurer or health maintenance organization an option to require, a provider to accept a lower payment or reimbursement rate if the provider agrees to provide health care services to any other party at a lower rate than the payment or reimbursement rate specified in the contract with the insurer or health maintenance organization.
(c) Requires, or grants a contracting insurer or health maintenance organization an option to require, termination or renegotiation of an existing provider contract if a provider agrees to provide health care services to any other party at a lower rate than the payment or reimbursement rate specified in the contract with the insurer or health maintenance organization.
(d) Requires a provider to disclose, to the insurer or health maintenance organization or the insurer’s or health maintenance organization’s designee, the provider’s contractual payment or reimbursement rates with other parties.
(5) As used in this section, after December 31, 2016, “insurer” includes a nonprofit dental care corporation operating under 1963 PA 125, MCL 550.351 to 550.373.