(a) No contracting entity shall grant a third party access to the contracting entity‘s provider network contract by lease, rent or by any other means unless the third party accessing the provider network contract is:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-60-107

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contracting entity: means any individual or entity that is engaged in the act of contracting with providers and that has entered into a provider network contract with a provider for the delivery of health care services. See Tennessee Code 56-60-102
  • Entity: means a corporation, business trust, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Tennessee Code 56-60-102
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Physician: means any individual licensed as a chiropractic physician under title 63, chapter 4. See Tennessee Code 56-60-102
  • Physician hospital organization: means an organization that includes, but is not limited to, hospitals and physicians and that contracts with and provides administrative services to hospitals and physicians that have entered into or intend to enter into managed care arrangements. See Tennessee Code 56-60-102
  • Provider: means a physician, a physician organization or a physician hospital organization. See Tennessee Code 56-60-102
  • Third party: means an organization that enters into a contract with a contracting entity or with another third party to gain access to a provider network contract. See Tennessee Code 56-60-102
(1) A payer of claims or a third party administrator or other entity that administers or processes claims on behalf of the payer;
(2) A preferred provider organization or preferred provider network including a physician organization or physician hospital organization; or
(3) An entity engaged in the electronic claims transport between the contracting entity and the payer if the entity does not provide access to the provider’s services and contractual discounts to any other third party.
(b)

(1) A provider may refuse the discount taken on the remittance advice (RA) or explanation of payment (EOP) if the discount is taken without a contractual basis or if the provider cannot obtain information relative to the discount because of a violation of § 56-60-105(b)(2) or § 56-60-106(c). The provider shall notify in writing the contracting entity or third party of the provider’s refusal to accept the contractual discount.
(2) The provider may require payment of the charge with no discount applied unless the contracting entity or third party within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of notice of the apparent violation of the requirements of this section:

(A) Notifies the provider that the apparent violation resulted from an administrative oversight or other unintentional error and advises the provider of steps taken to remedy and avoid recurrence of the error; and
(B) Submits to the provider a corrected RA or EOP with documentation demonstrating eligibility for any discount applied.
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