§ 550.51 Short title
§ 550.52 Definitions
§ 550.53 Prudent purchaser agreement; number; location of health care provider; membership on provider panel; written standards; notice procedures; provider application period; providing standards on requ
§ 550.53a Disclosure of financial relationships between organization and participating health care providers, health care facilities, or other entities
§ 550.53b Prudent purchaser agreement services; providing requested information to insurer
§ 550.54 Discrimination prohibited; complaint of violation; hearing; penalty
§ 550.55 Notice of membership in provider panels; display
§ 550.56 Reporting certain information on standard forms required; availability of information to appropriate state agencies; confidentiality
§ 550.57 Agreements between health care providers and purchasers of health care services
§ 550.58 Organization subject to enabling act; financial records
§ 550.59 Report on competition in retail pharmacy industry
§ 550.62 Provisions inapplicable to certain contracts and renewal thereof
§ 550.63 Conditional effective date
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 550 > Act 233 of 1984 - Prudent Purchaser Act

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Michigan Laws 550.52
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Dental care corporation: means a dental care corporation incorporated under 1963 PA 125, MCL 550. See Michigan Laws 550.52
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Health care corporation: means a health care corporation incorporated under the nonprofit health care corporation reform act, 1980 PA 350, MCL 550. See Michigan Laws 550.52
  • Health care provider: means a health facility or a person licensed, certified, or registered under part 62 or parts 161 to 182 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 550.52
  • Health facility: means :
    (i) A facility or agency licensed or authorized under parts 201 to 217 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 550.52
  • Hospital service corporation: means a hospital service corporation incorporated under former 1939 PA 109. See Michigan Laws 550.52
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Insurer: means an insurer as defined in section 106 of the insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500. See Michigan Laws 550.52
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Medical care corporation: means a medical care corporation incorporated under former 1939 PA 108. See Michigan Laws 550.52
  • Organization: means an insurer, a dental care corporation, hospital service corporation, medical care corporation, health care corporation, or third party administrator. See Michigan Laws 550.52
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Provider panel: means a panel of health care providers providing health care services under a prudent purchaser agreement. See Michigan Laws 550.52
  • Prudent purchaser agreement: means an agreement between an organization and a health care provider under section 3. See Michigan Laws 550.52
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Third party administrator: means an administrator operating under a certificate of authority issued by the commissioner pursuant to the third party administrator act. See Michigan Laws 550.52