Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.3545

  • Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102
  • Health maintenance organization: means a person that, among other things, does the following:
  (i) Delivers health services that are medically necessary to enrollees under the terms of its health maintenance contract, directly or through contracts with affiliated providers, in exchange for a fixed prepaid sum or per capita prepayment, without regard to the frequency, extent, or kind of health services. See Michigan Laws 500.3501
  With the director‘s prior approval, a health maintenance organization may acquire obligations from another managed care entity. The director shall not grant prior approval unless the director determines that the transaction will not jeopardize the health maintenance organization’s financial security.