State Laws

Search state statutes and regulations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia to find out what rights you have in your state and what other states are doing to empower physicians and patients in the face of health insurer market power.

State Law

Illinois Compiled Statutes-410 ILCS 517/-Health Care Professional Credentials Data Collection Act

11/02/2023 Illinois Sections 517/5 and 517/10

Definitions; Development and use of uniform health care and hospital credentials forms

Credentialing-Deadlines
State Law

Indiana Code-Title 27-Article 8-Chapter 11-Accident and Sickness Insurance─Reimbursement Agreements

07/13/2023 Indiana Sections 27-8-11-1, 27-8-11-4.5, 27-8-11-7, 27-8-11-8, 27-8-11-9, 27-8-11-11, 27-8-11-13

Definitions; Permitted Disclosures by Providers; Coverage of Benefit or Service; Payment of Provider, Application; Provider Credentialing; Provider Directories; Preferred Provider Agreement Prohibitions; Insurer Payment to Insured for Service Rendered by Noncontracted Provider; Requirements; Fully Credentialed Provider Reimbursement; Requirements

Anti-gag clause, Anti-retaliation, Credentialing-Deadlines, Credentialing-Payment Issues, Directories, Most Favored Nation
State Law

Colorado Rev. Statutes-Title 10-Article 16-Part 7. Consumer Protection Standards Act for the Operation of Managed Care Plans

07/31/2023 Colorado Section 10-16-705.7

Timely Credentialing of Physicians by Carriers – Notice of Receipt Required – Notice of Incomplete Applications Required – Delegated Credentialing Agreements – Discrepancies – Denials of Claims Prohibited – Disclosures – Recredentialing – Enforcement – Rules – Definitions

Credentialing-Deadlines, Credentialing-Payment Issues, Directories
State Law

Dept. of Prof. & Fin. Regulation-Chapter 850-Health Plan Accountability

08/07/2023 Maine Sections 1-10

Purpose; Authority; Applicability and Scope; Affordable Care Act; Definitions; Quality Assurance Standards; Access to Services; Adverse Health Care Treatment Decisions; Grievance Register and Grievance Procedures; Reporting Requirements; Effective Date

Credentialing-Deadlines, Credentialing-Due Process-Denial of Contract, Network Adequacy, Retroactive Denial, State Medical Necessity Appeals-Deadlines, State Medical Necessity Decisions-Deadlines, U.R. Criteria
State Law

Indiana Code-Title 27-Article 13-Chapter 43. Credentialing

07/13/2023 Indiana Sections 27-13-43-2 and 27-13-43-4

Provider Credentialing; Provisional Credentialing, Criteria, Reimbursement, Termination; Fully Credentialed Provider Reimbursement; Requirements

Credentialing-Deadlines, Credentialing-Payment Issues
State Law

Arkansas Code-Title 23-Subtitle 3-Chapter 99-Subchapter 4. Arkansas Health Care Consumer Act

07/28/2023 Arkansas Section 23-63-411

Processing applications of providers

Credentialing-Deadlines
State Law

Code of Virginia-Title 38.2-Chapter 34-Article 1. General Provisions

04/07/2023 Virginia Section 38.2-3407.10:1

Reimbursement for services rendered during pendency of a participating provider’s credentialing application

Credentialing-Deadlines, Credentialing-Payment Issues
Ama Policy

Physician Information for Credentialing H-450.990

10/16/2019
Credentialing-Deadlines
Ama Policy

Physician Recredentialing by Managed Care Plans H-285.934

10/15/2019
Credentialing-Deadlines
Ama Policy

Managed Care Insurance Company Credentialing H-285.979

08/31/2022
Credentialing-Deadlines