(1) Any limited health service organization that contracts with a provider or provider organization for the transfer of risk to the provider shall take reasonable steps to ensure the transferee is able to accept and manage the risk to be transferred. The limited health service organization shall submit a plan for evaluating a provider’s or provider organization’s ability to accept and manage risk to the department for approval at least forty-five (45) days prior to the proposed date of the transfer of any risk.
(2) If a limited health service organization transfers risk to a provider:

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 304.38A-100

  • Limited health service: means dental care services, vision care services, mental health services, substance abuse services, chiropractic services, pharmaceutical services, podiatric care services, and such other services as may be determined by the commissioner to be limited health services. See Kentucky Statutes 304.38A-010
  • Limited health service organization: means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or other entity that undertakes to provide or arrange limited health service or services to enrollees. See Kentucky Statutes 304.38A-010
  • Provider: means the same as defined in KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 304.38A-010

(a) Not in compliance with the standards listed in its approved plan; or
(b) Prior to filing or receiving approval of its plan,
the commissioner may require the limited health service organization to retain additional reserves to cover the risk transferred.
Effective: July 15, 2010
History: Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 1523, effective July 15, 2010. — Created
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 19, effective July 15, 2002.