Arkansas Code Title 23. Public Utilities and Regulated Industries § 23-99-1104. Disclosure required

(a)(1)(A) A utilization review entity shall disclose all of its prior authorization requirements and restrictions in a publicly accessible manner on its website.

(B) The disclosure under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section shall include:

(3)(A) Utilization review entities that have agreed, by contract with vendors or third-party administrators, to use licensed, proprietary, or copyrighted protected clinical criteria from the vendors or administrators may satisfy the disclosure requirement under subdivision (a)(1) of this section by making all relevant proprietary clinical criteria available to a healthcare provider that submits a prior authorization request to the utilization review entity through a secured link on the utilization review entity's website that is accessible to the healthcare provider from the public part of its website as long as any link or access restrictions to the information do not cause any delay to the healthcare provider.

(B) For out-of-network providers, a utilization review entity may meet the requirements of this subdivision (a)(3) by:

(A) Physician specialty;

(B) Medication or diagnostic test or procedure;

(C) Medical indication offered as justification for the prior authorization request; and

(D) Reason for denial.