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Home » US Law » 2022 Georgia Code » Title 33 - Insurance » Chapter 20B - Essential Rural Health Care Provider Access » § 33-20B-4. Termination as a Participating Provider

To deny, reject, or terminate an essential rural health care provider from serving as a participating provider in a health benefit plan, the health care insurer shall:

  1. Inform the essential rural health care provider in writing of the basis for such rejection or termination, including a reference to any specific qualification or standard established by the plan in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations which the provider failed to meet; and
  2. Where possible, afford the essential rural health care provider a reasonable opportunity to cure the deficiency which is the basis for such rejection or termination.

History. Code 1981, § 33-20B-4 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 900, § 2.