5111.17 Managed care system. - Ohio Statutes

5111.17 Managed care system.

(A) The department of job and family services may enter into contracts with managed care organizations, including health insuring corporations, under which the organizations are authorized to provide, or arrange for the provision of, health care services to medical assistance recipients who are required or permitted to obtain health care services through managed care organizations as part of the care management system established under section 5111.16 of the Revised Code.

(B) The director of job and family services may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to implement this section.

(C) The department of job and family services shall allow managed care plans to use providers to render care upon completion of the managed care plan’s credentialing process.

Effective Date: 06-26-2003; 06-30-2005; 2007 HB119 09-29-2007; 2008 HB125 06-25-2008