648.50 – Management changes.
648.50 Management changes. (1) Approval required. No proposed plan of merger or other plan for acquisition of control of a permittee may be executed unless the commissioner, after consulting with the department, approves the plan. (2) Grounds for approval. The commissioner shall approve the plan under this section if the commissioner finds, after a hearing, […]
648.55 – Commissioner’s summary orders.
648.55 Commissioner’s summary orders. (1) The commissioner, after consulting with the department, may make and serve an order on a permittee, requiring it to stop providing services under the department contract, or to take corrective measures, without notice and before hearing, if it appears to the commissioner that irreparable harm to the property or business […]
648.65 – Enrollee immunity.
648.65 Enrollee immunity. (1) Immunity. An enrollee of a care management organization is not liable for health care, service, equipment, or supply charges that are covered under the care management organization’s contract with the department. (2) Prohibited recovery attempts. No person may bill, charge, collect a deposit from, seek compensation from, file or threaten to […]
648.75 – Insolvency funding.
648.75 Insolvency funding. (1) Deposit required. A permittee shall deposit an amount established by the contract with the department, and not less than $250,000, using the procedures under s. 601.13. (2) Release of deposit. A deposit under this section may be released only with the approval of the commissioner, after consulting with the department, by […]
655.001 – Definitions.
655.001 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) “Board of governors” means the board created under s. 619.04 (3). (2) “Claimant” means the person filing a request for mediation under s. 655.44 or 655.445. (4) “Department” means the department of health services. (6) “Fiscal year” means the period beginning on July 1 and ending on the following […]
655.002 – Applicability.
655.002 Applicability. (1) Mandatory participation. Except as provided in s. 655.003, this chapter applies to all of the following: (a) A physician or a nurse anesthetist for whom this state is a principal place of practice and who practices his or her profession in this state more than 240 hours in a fiscal year. (b) […]
648.27 – Costs.
648.27 Costs. (1) Costs to be paid by care management organizations. Permittees shall pay the reasonable estimate of costs of examinations under s. 648.20, of review of applications under s. 648.05, and of analysis and financial monitoring of care management organizations by the commissioner and the department, including overhead and fixed costs, by a system […]
648.30 – Nondisclosure of information.
648.30 Nondisclosure of information. (1) Types of information. The office may refuse to disclose and may prevent any other person from disclosing any of the following: (a) Testimony, reports, records, and information that are obtained, produced, or created in the course of an inquiry under s. 648.15. (b) Testimony, reports, records, and information that are […]
648.35 – Enforcement procedure.
648.35 Enforcement procedure. (1) Injunctions and restraining orders. The commissioner may commence an action in circuit court in the name of the state to restrain by temporary or permanent injunction or by temporary restraining order any violation of this chapter, any rule promulgated under this chapter, or any order issued under s. 648.10 (2). The […]
648.45 – Affiliates of permittee.
648.45 Affiliates of permittee. (1) Information. A permittee and a person attempting to acquire or having control of a permittee, shall report to the commissioner the information concerning the permittee, its affiliates, and the person attempting to acquire control of the permittee that the commissioner requires by rule. The commissioner may promulgate rules prescribing the […]