Rhode Island General Laws 27-41-58. Prohibition against requiring indemnification from dentists
No contract between a health maintenance organization (H.M.O.) and a dentist containing provisions for the provision of services to patients may require that the dentist indemnify or hold harmless the health maintenance organization for any expenses and liabilities, including without limitation, judgments, settlements, attorneys’ fees, court costs, and any associated charges, incurred in connection with any claim or action brought against the H.M.O. based on the H.M.O.’s management decisions, or utilization review provisions for any patient.
History of Section.
P.L. 1999, ch. 481, § 5.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 27-41-58
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Health maintenance organization: means a single public or private organization which:
(1) Provides or makes available to enrolled participants healthcare services, including at least the following basic healthcare services: usual physician services, hospitalization, laboratory, x-ray, emergency, and preventive services, and out of area coverage, and the services of licensed midwives;
(2) Is compensated, except for copayments, for the provision of the basic healthcare services listed in subdivision (1) of this subsection to enrolled participants on a predetermined periodic rate basis; and
(3)(i) Provides physicians' services primarily:
(A) Directly through physicians who are either employees or partners of the organization; or
(B) Through arrangements with individual physicians or one or more groups of physicians organized on a group practice or individual practice basis;
(ii) "Health maintenance organization" does not include prepaid plans offered by entities regulated under chapter 1, 2, 19, or 20 of this title that do not meet the criteria above and do not purport to be health maintenance organizations;
(4) Provides the services of licensed midwives primarily:
(i) Directly through licensed midwives who are either employees or partners of the organization; or
(ii) Through arrangements with individual licensed midwives or one or more groups of licensed midwives organized on a group practice or individual practice basis. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-41-2
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.