Section 15-102.5 - Mechanism to provide for equitable distribution of enrollees.
§ 15-102.5. Mechanism to provide for equitable distribution of enrollees.
(a) In general.- Subject to § 15-103 (f) of this subtitle, a health maintenance organization that requires its panel providers to participate in a managed care organization shall establish a mechanism, subject to review by the Secretary, which provides for equitable distribution of enrollees and which ensures that a provider will not be assigned a disproportionate number of enrollees.
(b) Voluntary acceptance of additional enrollees.- Nothing in this section may be interpreted as prohibiting a provider from voluntarily accepting additional enrollees.
[1996, ch. 352; 2000, ch. 437.]