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Indiana Code Title 27. Insurance § 27-8-6-4

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Sec. 4. (a) This section does not apply to any of the following:

(1) A health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-1-19) or limited service health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-34-4).

(2) A preferred provider plan (as defined in IC 27-8-11-1).

(3) An employee benefit program that is subject to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).

(4) Worker's compensation for an injury to or occupational disease of an employee under IC 22-3.

(b) A group or individual policy or agreement providing comprehensive accident and health benefits must reimburse an insured for services rendered by a provider licensed under IC 25-10 within the scope of that provider's license in the same manner as that policy or agreement reimburses an insured for services rendered by a provider licensed under IC 25-22.5 within the scope of that provider's license.  The policy or agreement may not exclude or otherwise limit reimbursement for any service that a provider licensed under IC 25-10 renders under the scope of that provider's license in the diagnosis and treatment of any illness or injury.  This section does not require that a health care policy or agreement cover a particular illness or injury.

(c) This section does not prohibit the following:

(1) The application of coinsurance and deductible provisions to providers licensed under IC 25-10 on the same basis as those provisions are applied to providers licensed under IC 25-22.5.

(2) The application of cost containment or quality assurance measures to providers licensed under IC 25-10 on the same basis as those measures are applied to providers licensed under IC 25-22.5.

(3) A review of the necessity of services that applies to services rendered by providers licensed under IC 25-10 on the same basis as the review applies to services provided by providers licensed under IC 25-22.5.

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