(a)  A health maintenance organization offering group or individual health insurance coverage of a health benefit plan, including a grandfathered health plan, shall comply with the provisions of Section 2718 of the Public Health Service Act as amended by the federal Affordable Care Act [42 U.S.C. § 300gg-18], in accordance with regulations adopted thereunder.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 27-41-78

  • Affordable Care Act: means the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care act of 2010, as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and federal regulations adopted thereunder;

    (c)  "Commissioner" or "health insurance commissioner" means that individual appointed pursuant to §?42-14. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-41-2

  • Grandfathered health plan: means any group health plan or health insurance coverage subject to 42 U. See Rhode Island General Laws 27-41-2
  • 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

(b)  Health maintenance organizations required to report medical loss ratio and rebate calculations and any other medical loss ratio or rebate information to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services shall concurrently file such information with the commissioner.

History of Section.
P.L. 2012, ch. 256, § 10; P.L. 2012, ch. 262, § 10.