§ 6-18-301. Legislative Declaration
The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that the rapidly changing health-care market provides unique opportunities for health-care providers to organize themselves into new forms of collaborative systems to deliver high quality health care at competitive market prices to cooperatives and other purchasers. This part 3 is enacted to encourage such collaborative arrangements and […]
§ 6-18-301.5. Definitions
As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: “Licensed provider network” or “licensed individual provider” means a provider network or individual provider that is authorized to transact insurance business pursuant to title 10, C.R.S. “Provider” means a state-licensed, state-certified, or state-authorized facility or a practitioner delivering health-care services to individuals. “Provider network” […]
§ 6-18-302. Creation of Provider Networks – Requirements
Providers are hereby authorized to conduct business collaboratively as provider networks. Such networks are entities existing on or before July 1, 1994, that meet the definition of a provider network or may be created as any lawful entity under title 7, C.R.S., or as otherwise allowed by law. Provider networks existing on or before July […]
§ 6-18-303. Effect on Scope of Practice – Limited Exception to Prohibitions on Corporate Practice of Licensed Health-Care Providers
Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the fact that an entity or provider is a member of a provider network shall not exempt such entity or provider from any licensure or regulatory statute, nor shall any scope of practice of any provider be expanded, reduced, or otherwise modified by virtue of membership […]
§ 6-18-304. Competitive Behavior – Restraints of Trade Prohibited
Organization or operation as a provider network is authorized under this article for the purpose of more cost-effective delivery of health-care services, and shall not be construed as permitting any such collaborative system or any member of such provider network to act in a concerted way to restrain trade or otherwise engage in practices which […]