(a)  Every health maintenance organization shall annually, on or before the first day of March, file a report verified by at least two (2) principal officers with the director, with a copy to the director of health, covering the preceding calendar year.

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 27-41-9

  • Director: means the director of the department of business regulation or his or her duly appointed agents. 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)  The annual report shall be on forms prescribed by the director in consultation with the director of health and shall include:

(1)  A financial statement of the organization, including its balance sheet and receipts and disbursements for the preceding year certified by an independent public accountant;

(2)  Any material changes in the information submitted pursuant to § 27-41-3(c);

(3)  The number of persons enrolled during the year, the number of enrollees as of the end of the year, and the number of enrollments terminated during the year;

(4)  A summary of information compiled pursuant to § 27-41-4(a)(2)(iv) in the form required by the director of health; and

(5)  Any other information relating to the performance of the health maintenance organization as is necessary to enable the director to carry out his or her duties under this chapter.

(c)  In addition to the reports required in subsection (a), every health maintenance organization shall on a form prescribed by the director report on or before September 30 of each year a filing that shall set forth the amount of uncovered and covered expenses that are payable and are more than ninety (90) days past due. That report shall cover the period January 1 through July 31 of that year. At the time of the filing of the annual report as required in subsection (a), a report shall be filed setting forth the amount of uncovered and covered expenses that are payable and are more than ninety (90) days past due; that report shall cover the preceding period of August 1 through December 31 of that year.

(d)  Every health maintenance organization shall also file quarterly statements with the insurance commissioner, due on or before forty-five (45) days after the quarter ending in accordance with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ guidelines and procedures, and shall be available for inspection by the public.

(e)  The insurance commissioner shall also require compliance with chapters 12 and 12.1 of this title.

History of Section.
P.L. 1983, ch. 225, § 2; P.L. 1986, ch. 198, § 12; P.L. 1994, ch. 404, § 13; P.L. 1996, ch. 188, § 16; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 85.