28 Pa. Code § 9.685

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 50, December 14, 2024
Section 9.685 - Standards for approval of point-of-service products
(a) If a plan offers a point-of-service product, it shall submit a formal product filing for the POS product to the Department and the Insurance Department.
(b) A plan may offer POS options to groups and enrollees, if the plan:
(1) Has a system for tracking, monitoring and reporting enrollee self-referrals for the following purposes:
(i) To ensure that self-referral activity is not occurring because of an access problem, a deliberate attempt to force an enrollee to bypass a primary care provider for nonmedical reasons or over restrictive or burdensome plan requirements.
(ii) To promptly investigate any PCP practice in which enrollees are utilizing substantially higher levels of non-PCP referred care than average, to ensure that enrollee self-referrals are not a reflection of access or quality problems on the part of the PCP practice, inappropriate patient direction or burdensome plan requirements.
(2) Provides clear disclosure to enrollees of out-of-pocket expenses.
(3) Does not directly or indirectly encourage enrollees to seek care without a PCP referral or from out-of-network providers due to an inadequate network of participating providers in any given specialty.

28 Pa. Code § 9.685