Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXIV. Business and Financial Institutions § 376.1065. Official notification communications, contracting entity requirements

(1)“Contracting entity”, any health carrier, as such term is defined in section 376.1350, subject to the jurisdiction of the department engaged in the act of contracting with providers for the delivery of dental services, or the selling or assigning of dental network plans to other entities under the jurisdiction of the department;

(2)“Department”, the department of commerce and insurance;

(3)“Official notification,” written communication by a provider or participating provider to a contracting entity describing such provider's or participating provider's change in contact information or participation status with the contracting entity;

(4)“Participating provider”, a provider who has an agreement with a contracting entity to provide dental services with an expectation of receiving payment, other than coinsurance, co-payments, or deductibles, directly or indirectly from such contracting entity;

(5)“Provider”, any person licensed under chapter 332.