Tennessee Code Title 68. Health, Safety and Environmental Protection § 68-11-1308

Unless otherwise permitted by law, nothing in this part shall be deemed to grant any hospital or group of hospitals, pursuant to a cooperative agreement, the authority to operate as a health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization or insurer without obtaining an appropriate license from the department of commerce and insurance. Nothing in this part shall be deemed to grant any hospital or group of hospitals, pursuant to a cooperative agreement, the authority to negotiate terms, prices or reimbursement rates with insurers, health maintenance organizations or preferred provider organizations otherwise prohibited under federal or state antitrust laws. Furthermore, nothing in this part shall be construed as authorizing a public benefit hospital entity to enter into a public benefit hospital conveyance transaction without complying with the requirements of the Public Benefit Hospital Sales and Conveyance Act of 2006, compiled in title 48, chapter 68, part 2, or shall be construed as impacting in any way the authority of the attorney general and reporter with respect to public benefit hospital conveyance transactions under that act.