Health Care Provider Credentialing

Health Care Provider Credentialing; Requiring the Financial Services Commission, in consultation with the Agency for Health Care Administration, to adopt a certain standard form by rule for the verification of credentials of specified health care professionals; specifying requirements for applicants to qualify for expedited credentialing and for certain payments; authorizing a managed care plan to exclude applicants from its participating provider directory or listings while their applications are pending approval; authorizing a civil cause of action for applicants against health insurers or designees under certain circumstances, etc.