§ 991.2194. Managed care plans participating in the Medical Assistance Program
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 40 P.S. InsuranceEffective: November 2, 2006
Effective: November 2, 2006
40 P.S. § 991.2194
§ 991.2194. Managed care plans participating in the Medical Assistance Program
(3) Managed care plans contracting with the Department of Public Welfare for purposes of participation in the medical assistance program have developed across this Commonwealth and provide vital health care services, including pharmaceuticals, to the medical assistance population of this Commonwealth.
(4) A review of the delivery of services provided by these managed care plans is necessary to enable the Department of Public Welfare, in consultation with the department, to formulate a strategy that properly utilizes cost control mechanisms that produce available savings to the Commonwealth if an effective and responsive health care network is to be maintained across this Commonwealth, especially due to continuing changes at the Federal level.
(b) The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall conduct a review of and issue a report on the delivery and quality of health care services provided through the current fee-for-service program as well as by managed care plans participating in the Commonwealth's medical assistance program. The report shall include the following for each service delivery system:
(d) The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee shall report its findings and recommendations no later than March 1, 2007, to the Governor, the Secretary of Public Welfare, the Insurance Commissioner, the chairman and minority chairman of the Public Health and Welfare Committee of the Senate, the chairman and minority chairman of the Health and Human Services Committee of the House of Representatives, the chairman and minority chairman of the Banking and Insurance Committee of the Senate and the chairman and minority chairman of the Insurance Committee of the House of Representatives.
(e) For purposes of this section, “medical assistance” shall be defined as the State program of medical assistance established under the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L. 31, No. 21),1 known as the “Public Welfare Code.”
Credits
1921, May 17, P.L. 682, No. 284, § 2194, added 2006, Nov. 2, P.L. 1314, No. 136, § 2, imd. effective.
Footnotes
62 P.S. § 101 et seq.
40 P.S. § 991.2194, PA ST 40 P.S. § 991.2194
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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