Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 24, June 15, 2024
Section 9.685 - Standards for approval of point-of-service products(a) If a plan offers a point-of-service product, it shall submit a formal product filing for the POS product to the Department and the Insurance Department.(b) A plan may offer POS options to groups and enrollees, if the plan: (1) Has a system for tracking, monitoring and reporting enrollee self-referrals for the following purposes: (i) To ensure that self-referral activity is not occurring because of an access problem, a deliberate attempt to force an enrollee to bypass a primary care provider for nonmedical reasons or over restrictive or burdensome plan requirements.(ii) To promptly investigate any PCP practice in which enrollees are utilizing substantially higher levels of non-PCP referred care than average, to ensure that enrollee self-referrals are not a reflection of access or quality problems on the part of the PCP practice, inappropriate patient direction or burdensome plan requirements.(2) Provides clear disclosure to enrollees of out-of-pocket expenses.(3) Does not directly or indirectly encourage enrollees to seek care without a PCP referral or from out-of-network providers due to an inadequate network of participating providers in any given specialty.