Section 4337 - Requirements related to subcontracting arrangements1.Physician groups. A carrier that contracts with a downstream entity that places the individual physician members at substantial financial risk for services they do not furnish shall disclose to the superintendent any incentive plan between the downstream entity and the entity's individual physicians that bases compensation to the physician on the use or cost of services furnished to enrollees. The disclosure must include the information specified in section 4336, subsection 1. [1999, c. 609, §20(NEW).]
2.Intermediate entities. A carrier that contracts with a downstream entity, other than a physician group, for the provision of services to enrollees shall disclose to the superintendent any risk arrangement between the entity and a physician or physician group that bases compensation to the physician or physician group on the use or cost of services furnished to enrollees. The disclosure must include the information required to be disclosed under section 4336, subsection 1. [1999, c. 609, §20(NEW).]
3.Sanctions against the carrier. The superintendent may apply intermediate sanctions if the superintendent determines that a carrier fails to comply with the requirements of this section. [1999, c. 609, §20(NEW).]
1999, c. 609, § 20 (NEW) .