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California Code, Insurance Code - INS § 12693.35

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Participating health, dental, and vision plans shall have, but need not be limited to, all of the following operating characteristics satisfactory to the board in consultation with the plan's licensing or regulatory oversight agency:

(a) Strong financial condition, including the ability to assume the risk of providing and paying for covered services.  A participating plan may utilize reinsurance, provider risk sharing, and other appropriate mechanisms to share a portion of the risk.

(b) Adequate administrative management.

(c) A satisfactory grievance procedure.

(d) Participating plans that contract with or employ health care providers shall have mechanisms to accomplish all of the following, in a manner satisfactory to the board:

(1) Review the quality of care covered.

(2) Review the appropriateness of care covered.

(3) Provide accessible health care services.

(e)(1) Before the effective date of the contract, the participating health plan shall have devised a system for identifying in a simple and clear fashion both in its own records and in the medical records of subscribers the fact that the services provided are provided under the program.

(2) Throughout the duration of the contract, the plan shall use the system described in paragraph (1).

(f) Plans licensed by the Department of Managed Health Care shall be deemed to meet the requirements of subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, of this section.

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