Tennessee Code 56-27-130 – Mailing list of physicians and surgeons to subscribers
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 56-27-130
- 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.
- Medical service plan: means a plan or arrangement under which medical services are or may be rendered to a subscriber, a covered dependent or other beneficiary by a licensed physician and surgeon at the expense of a medical service plan corporation or other person, in consideration of periodical prepayments made by the subscriber or another in the subscriber's behalf prior to the occurrence of the condition calling for the rendition of medical or surgical services. See Tennessee Code 56-27-102
- Subscriber: means a person to whom a subscription certificate is issued by a medical service plan corporation that sets forth the beneficiaries and the kinds and extent of the medical services for which the corporation is liable to make payment. See Tennessee Code 56-27-102
Every medical service plan corporation shall mail annually to each subscriber a list of the names and addresses of all of the physicians and surgeons in the county of the subscriber’s residence, who have agreements with the corporation to act as participating physicians.