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Health Claims Arbitration SEE Medical Malpractice
Health Insurance - -
SEE ALSO Health Maintenance Organizations
Air ambulance services, study and report required ........................
Calvert County —
Board of Education, health insurance benefits for elected
members, provisions added ........................................................
Carrier requirement that health care provider serving on a
provider panel for health care services must also serve on a
provider panel for workers' compensation services, prohibitions
added and contract disclosure requirements added ....................
Carrier that denies coverage to individual in nongroup market,
required to provide name and address of individual denied
coverage, and other information, to Maryland Health Insurance
Plan (MHIP); premium rate for MHIP, provisions altered .........
Carriers that use a provider panel, standards for accessibility of
covered services, update of provider information, and referral to
specialist not on provider panel, provisions altered; network
standard for in-network hospital-based physician services,
study and report required .............................................................
Children's Health Program, appropriation for ................................
Contracts with providers, ambulatory surgical facilities, or
hospitals, terms or conditions concerning reimbursement rate or
arrangement, prohibitions added ..................................................
Correctional officers, special death benefit for surviving spouse or
child of correctional officer who died in the line of duty, and
participation in State employees' health insurance program of
survivors, provisions added ...........................................................
Emergency inpatient or residential crisis services admissions for
treatment of mental, emotional, or substance abuse disorder,
private review agent determination for authorization or
certification, requirements added; adverse decision for
involuntary hospital admission, restrictions added.....................
Fair Share Health Care Fund established to support the Medical
Assistance Program and funded by assessments on certain
employers based on employee health insurance costs paid by the
employer, provisions added............................................................
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1546
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960
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2431
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