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6.__Provision of information by participating providers.__A
participating provider shall make information available to the
agency and permit examination of its records by the agency as
necessary for the purposes of this section and section 374.

 
7.__Organized delivery system requirements.__For fiscal year
2006-07, organized delivery systems must have target loss ratios
of 88% and caps on administrative costs of 10%.__For fiscal year
2007-08, organized delivery systems must have target loss ratios
of 90% and caps on administrative costs of 8%.__For each
succeeding fiscal year, the loss ratio must increase 1% and the
administrative cost cap must decrease 1% until the agency
determines that the greatest efficiency has been reached.

 
8.__Role of other health care programs.__Until the agency
determines otherwise, the plan is supplemental to all coverage
available to a plan member from another health care program,
including, but not limited to, the Medicare program of the
federal Social Security Act, Title XVIII; the Medicaid program of
the federal Social Security Act, Title XIX; the Civilian Health
and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services, 10 United States
Code, Sections 1071 to 1106; the federal Indian Health Care
Improvement Act, 25 United States Code, Sections 1601 to 1682;
the statewide plan provided through Dirigo Health Insurance
pursuant to Title 24-A, chapter 87; other 3rd-party payors who
may be billable for health care services; and any state and local
health care programs, including, but not limited to, workers'
compensation and employers' liability insurance, pursuant to
former Title 39 and Title 39-A.__Health care services billed to
3rd-party payors other than the plan must be paid for by those
programs, and coverage under the plan is supplemental to that
coverage.__A plan member who receives health care services under
another health care program or from a 3rd-party payor to which
the plan is supplemental shall pay a premium to the fund in
proportion to the health care benefits available to the plan
member under the plan.

 
SUBCHAPTER 3

 
ENSURING THE QUALITY, AFFORDABILITY AND

 
EFFICIENCY OF HEALTH CARE

 
§373.__Quality; affordability; efficiency; health

 
planning

 
The agency shall undertake the following duties to ensure the
quality, affordability, efficiency and planning of health care
for the citizens of the State.


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