§ 33-20B-3.1 - Health maintenance organizations' expansion into rural areas
O.C.G.A. 33-20B-3.1 (2010)
33-20B-3.1. Health maintenance organizations' expansion into rural areas
When reviewing a health maintenance organization's request to originate or expand an area of service into a rural area, the commissioner of community health shall consider whether the health maintenance organization has demonstrated its willingness to grant reasonable consideration to essential rural health care providers in the negotiating and contracting process.