Alaska Statutes: AS 21.86.170. Powers of Insurers and of Hospital or Medical Service Corporations.

Alaska Statutes. Title 21. Insurance Chapter 86. Health Maintenance Organizations Section 170. Powers of Insurers and of Hospital or Medical Service Corporations.

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AS 21.86.170. Powers of Insurers and of Hospital or Medical Service Corporations.

(a) An insurer licensed in this state, or a hospital or medical service corporation authorized to do business in this state, may, either directly or through a subsidiary or affiliate, organize and operate a health maintenance organization under the provisions of this chapter. Two or more insurance companies, hospitals or medical service corporations, or subsidiaries or affiliates of them, may jointly organize and operate a health maintenance organization. The business of insurance is considered to include providing health care by a health maintenance organization owned or operated by an insurer or subsidiary of an insurer.
(b) An insurer or hospital or medical service corporation may contract with a health maintenance organization to provide insurance or similar protection against the cost of care provided through a health maintenance organization and to provide coverage in the event of the failure of the health maintenance organization to meet its obligations. The enrollees of a health maintenance organization constitute a permissible group under this title. Under a contract authorized by this subsection, the insurer or hospital or medical service corporation may make benefit payments to health maintenance organizations for health care services rendered by providers.

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