Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 40-3220

• Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance of the state of Kansas. See Kansas Statutes 40-3202
• Health maintenance organization: means an organization which:

  (1) Provides or otherwise makes available to enrollees health care services, including at a minimum those basic health care services which are determined by the commissioner to be generally available on an insured or prepaid basis in the geographic area served;

  (2) is compensated, except for reasonable copayments, for the provision of basic health care services to enrollees solely on a predetermined periodic rate basis;

  (3) provides physician services directly through physicians who are either employees or partners of such organization or under arrangements with a physician or any group of physicians or under arrangements as an independent contractor with a physician or any group of physicians;

  (4) is responsible for the availability, accessibility and quality of the health care services provided or made available. See Kansas Statutes 40-3202

• Medicare provider organization: means an organization which:

  (1) Is a provider-sponsored organization as defined by Section 4001 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (PL 105-33); and

  (2) provides or otherwise makes available to enrollees basic health care services pursuant to Section 4001 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (PL 105-33). See Kansas Statutes 40-3202

• Provider: means any physician, hospital or other person which is licensed or otherwise authorized in this state to furnish health care services. See Kansas Statutes 40-3202