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INDEX
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Chapter
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Page
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Patient Protection Act, to restrict bonuses or other
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incentive-based compensation provided to health care
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practitioners and require health insurance carriers to give
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providers a copy of reimbursement fee schedules, coding
guidelines, and reimbursement level change or bonus
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determination methodology...........................................................
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255
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1984
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Patients' Bill of Rights Act, to establish the Insurance
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Administration as consumers' single point of entry for health
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insurance information, improve access to specialists and
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prescription drugs not in carrier's formulary, and add mandated
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benefit of home visits after mastectomy or testicle removal ......
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120
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1473
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Physician Assistant-Nurse Practitioner Training Program,
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appropriation to..............................................................................
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118
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1298
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Physician assistants, prescriptive authority delegated by
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physician under a delegation agreement, provisions added
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655
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3616
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Physician license that is issued free of charge, term of license
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extended...........................................................................................
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107
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1114
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Physician licensing, waiver of examination requirements for
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applicants holding certificate of proficiency and professional
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standing of board of medical examiners of another state,
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provisions altered............................................................................
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81
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1067
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Physician profiles, creation of and written and Internet access to,
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provisions added........................................................................
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338
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2387
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Physician Quality Assurance, Board of, appropriation to ..............
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118
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1240
1372
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Practice Parameters, Advisory Committee on, provisions repealed;
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expiration of adopted practice parameters, provisions added ....
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111
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1124
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Prompt payment of claims for reimbursement by health
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maintenance organizations and managed care organizations,
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provisions altered.................................................................................
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472
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2944
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Psychologists, disclosure of licensing board or investigation
records, license denial or discipline, imposition of penalties,
submission to competency examination, and actions for
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injunction, provisions altered......................................................
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112
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1126
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Rates paid by health maintenance organizations for claims of
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non-contracting health care providers, study and report,
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required........................................................................................
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120
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1473
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Retroactive denial of reimbursement of health care providers by
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insurance carrier based on improper coding, provisions clarified
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162
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1706
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Specialty mental health services delivery system under the
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Medical Assistance Program, prompt payment standards for
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reimbursements to, provisions added.....................................................
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471
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2941
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Uniform credentialing form, use by insurance carrier or
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credentialing intermediary and provision to health care
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provider, requirements added........................................................
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589
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3385
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Health Planning and Cost Review ?
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Certified registered nurse anesthetist or certified nurse midwife,
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medical care database information and uniform claim form
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required to include indentification modifiers.......................................
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532
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3212
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