Qualification of health maintenance organizations: Public Health Service. Notice of proposed rulemaking.
This notice proposes to amend the Public Health Service regulations on the qualification of health maintenance organizations (HMOs). These amendments are proposed as a result of the HMO Amendments of 1978 (Pub. L 95-559) and the Secretary's experience with he interim regulations published on June 8, 1977. The proposed changes would (1) modify the appeal procedures followed by the Secretary when an entity is denied qualification, (2) revise the requirements for the signing of assurances by qualified HMOs, (3) clarify how the Secretary treats information submitted by an applicant for qualification which may be requested under the Freedom of Information Act, and (4) make other clarifying and technical revisions regarding the qualification of HMOs.
D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008004:Licensure; D014481:United States