A. Except as provided otherwise in this section, a provider service network shall obtain and maintain a certificate of authority under the New Mexico Insurance Code.
B. A provider service network is not required to obtain or maintain a certificate of authority in connection with health care coverage for which the risk of loss is directly and fully underwritten by a health care insurer, subject to any applicable deductible, coinsurance or copayment provisions.
C. A provider service network that obtains and maintains a certificate of authority as a health care insurer may contract directly with government agencies to provide goods and services to persons receiving public assistance, including medicare and medicaid.
D. A provider service network that does not obtain or maintain a certificate of authority as a health care insurer may contract in appropriate circumstances, including membership and participation in the association, directly with government agencies to provide goods and services to persons receiving public assistance, including medicare and medicaid. The contract shall incorporate and be subject to specific financial, quality-of-service and consumer-protection standards that the contracting agency shall specify by regulation.
E. This section does not abrogate any other New Mexico Insurance Code requirements that may be applicable to provider service networks, including requirements relating to third-party administrators and examinations. This section does not bar or restrict the right of a provider service network to obtain and maintain a certificate of authority.
History: Laws 1997, ch. 107, § 3.
Cross references. — For the Insurance Code, see 59A-1-1 NMSA 1978 and notes thereto.
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