23-63-115. Agreement between insurers and dentists establishing fees for noncovered service prohibited — Definitions.

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23-63-115. Agreement between insurers and dentists establishing fees for noncovered service prohibited — Definitions.

23-63-115. Agreement between insurers and dentists establishing fees for noncovered service prohibited — Definitions. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Dental plan” means a contract, plan, or policy of insurance issued by an insurer that provides for a dental benefit; (2) “Insurer” means an insurance company, a health maintenance organization, a hospital and medical service corporation, or a self-insured health plan for employees of a governmental entity; and (3)(A) “Noncovered service” means a service that is not reimbursable under a dental plan. (B) “Noncovered service” does not include a service that is reimbursable subject to a deductible, waiting period, frequency limitation, annual or lifetime maximum, or other contractual limitation. (b) An agreement between an insurer and a dentist establishing the fee a dentist may charge for a noncovered service is unenforceable.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-63-115

Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.