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23-76-121. Powers of insurers and hospital and medical service corporations.
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23-76-121. Powers of insurers and hospital and medical service corporations.
(a) An insurance company licensed in this state, or a hospital or medical service corporation authorized to do business in this state, may either directly, or through a subsidiary or affiliate, organize and operate a health maintenance organization under the provisions of this chapter.
(b)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of the Hospital and Medical Service Corporations Act, § 23-75-101 et seq., an insurer or a hospital and medical service corporation may contract with a health maintenance organization to provide insurance or similar protection against the cost of care provided through health maintenance organizations and to provide coverage in the event of the failure of the health maintenance organization to meet its obligations.
(2) The enrollees of a health maintenance organization constitute a permissible group under such laws.
(3) Among other things, under the contracts, the insurer or hospital or medical service corporation may make benefit payments to health maintenance organizations for healthcare services rendered by providers pursuant to the healthcare plan.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-76-121
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23-76-121. Powers of insurers and hospital and medical service corporations.
(a) An insurance company licensed in this state, or a hospital or medical service corporation authorized to do business in this state, may either directly, or through a subsidiary or affiliate, organize and operate a health maintenance organization under the provisions of this chapter.
(b)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of the Hospital and Medical Service Corporations Act, § 23-75-101 et seq., an insurer or a hospital and medical service corporation may contract with a health maintenance organization to provide insurance or similar protection against the cost of care provided through health maintenance organizations and to provide coverage in the event of the failure of the health maintenance organization to meet its obligations.
(2) The enrollees of a health maintenance organization constitute a permissible group under such laws.
(3) Among other things, under the contracts, the insurer or hospital or medical service corporation may make benefit payments to health maintenance organizations for healthcare services rendered by providers pursuant to the healthcare plan.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
23-75-101. Definition.
(a) As used in this chapter, “hospital service corporations”, “medical service corporations”, and “hospital and medical service corporations” are corporations organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and operating nonprofit hospital service or medical service plans, or combination of plans, whereby hospital, medical, and related services may be provided by hospitals, physicians, or others with which the corporations have contracted for the purposes, to such of the public as become subscribers to the corporations under contracts which entitle each subscriber to certain hospital or medical services or benefits, or both.
(b) This section shall not be deemed to prohibit issuance, by corporations so authorized as of immediately prior to January 1, 1960, of contracts providing for the payment of cash indemnities for hospital, medical, or related services instead of providing for hospital or medical benefits on a service basis or from issuing contracts providing for a combination of indemnity and service benefits.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-75-101
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. The source passage cites 23-75-101. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.