<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><slim:Document xmlns:slim="urn:legix:slim" xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:atipl="http://www.arbortext.com/namespace/PageLayout" class="codeChapter" id="chp514K" name="514K"><slim:About class="header"><slim:Property type="string" name="taskInfo">25:233CDC2E-EAB5-4BB8-A0E4-EECB7FD85D6F</slim:Property><slim:Property type="string" name="version"/></slim:About><slim:TOC><slim:Item idref="sec514K.1" title="514K.1   Health care plan disclosures — information to enrollees."/><slim:Item idref="sec514K.2" title="514K.2   Health carrier disclosures  public internet sites."/></slim:TOC><slim:Body><slim:Level class="codeChapter" id="chp514K"><slim:Heading class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">514K</xhtml:span><xhtml:span class="headnote">HEALTH CARE PLAN INFORMATION</xhtml:span></slim:Heading><slim:Section class="codeSection" id="sec514K.1"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">514K.1</xhtml:span><xhtml:span class="headnote">Health care plan disclosures — information to enrollees.</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="subsection"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">1</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">A health maintenance organization or an insurer using a preferred provider arrangement shall provide to each of its enrollees at the time of enrollment, and shall make available to each prospective enrollee upon request, written information as required by rules adopted by the commissioner. The information required by rule shall include but not be limited to all of the following:</xhtml:p><xhtml:div class="letteredPara"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">a</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">A description of the plan’s benefits and exclusions.</xhtml:p></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="letteredPara"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">b</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">Enrollee cost-sharing requirements.</xhtml:p></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="letteredPara"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">c</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">A list of participating providers.</xhtml:p></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="letteredPara"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">d</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">Disclosure of the existence of any drug formularies used and, upon request, information about the specific drugs included in the formulary.</xhtml:p></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="letteredPara"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">e</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">An explanation for accessing emergency care services.</xhtml:p></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="letteredPara"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">f</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">Any policies addressing investigational or experimental treatments.</xhtml:p></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="letteredPara"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">g</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">The methodologies used to compensate providers.</xhtml:p></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="letteredPara"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">h</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">Performance measures as determined by the commissioner and the director.</xhtml:p></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="letteredPara"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">i</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">Information on how to access internal and external grievance procedures.</xhtml:p></xhtml:div></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="subsection"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">2</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">The commissioner shall annually publish a consumer guide providing a comparison by plan on performance measures, network composition, and other key information to enable consumers to better understand plan differences.</xhtml:p></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="history"><xhtml:div class="historyItem"><xhtml:span class="iowaActsRef">99 Acts, ch 41, §21</xhtml:span>; <xhtml:span class="iowaActsRef">2017 Acts, ch 148, §95, 96</xhtml:span></xhtml:div></xhtml:div></slim:Section><slim:Section class="codeSection" id="sec514K.2"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">514K.2</xhtml:span><xhtml:span class="headnote">Health carrier disclosures <xhtml:span class="em-dash"/> public internet sites.</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="subsection"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">1</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">A carrier that provides small group health coverage pursuant to <xhtml:span class="iowaCodeRef">chapter 513B</xhtml:span> or individual health coverage pursuant to <xhtml:span class="iowaCodeRef">chapter 513C</xhtml:span> and that offers for sale a policy, contract, or plan that covers the essential health benefits required pursuant to <xhtml:span class="USActsRef">section 1302 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</xhtml:span>, <xhtml:span class="USCRef">Pub. L. No. 111-148</xhtml:span>, and its implementing regulations, shall provide to each of its enrollees at the time of enrollment, and shall make available to prospective enrollees and enrollees, insurance producers licensed under <xhtml:span class="iowaCodeRef">chapter 522B</xhtml:span>, and the general public, on the carrier’s internet site, all of the following information in a clear and understandable form for use in comparing policies, contracts, and plans, and coverage and premiums:</xhtml:p><xhtml:div class="letteredPara"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">a</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">Any items or services, including prescription drugs, that have a coinsurance requirement where the cost-sharing required depends on the cost of the item or service.</xhtml:p></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="letteredPara"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">b</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">The specific prescription drugs available on the carrier’s formulary, the specific prescription drugs covered when furnished by a physician or clinic, and any clinical prerequisites or prior authorization requirements for coverage of the drugs.</xhtml:p></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="letteredPara"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">c</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">How medications will specifically be included in or excluded from the deductible, including a description of all out-of-pocket costs that may not apply to the deductible for a prescription drug.</xhtml:p></xhtml:div></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="subsection"><xhtml:div class="heading"><xhtml:span class="identifier">2</xhtml:span></xhtml:div><xhtml:p class="para">A carrier that provides a summary of benefits and coverage to its enrollees in accordance with <xhtml:span class="CFRRef">26 C.F.R. §54.9815-2715</xhtml:span>, <xhtml:span class="CFRRef">29 C.F.R. §2590.715-2715</xhtml:span>, and <xhtml:span class="CFRRef">45 C.F.R. §147.200</xhtml:span> is deemed to be in compliance with this section unless the commissioner of insurance determines that these federal regulations, or the successors to any of these federal regulations, fail to require the information required pursuant to this section in a clear and understandable form.</xhtml:p></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="history"><xhtml:div class="historyItem"><xhtml:span class="iowaActsRef">2016 Acts, ch 1122, §6, 14</xhtml:span></xhtml:div></xhtml:div><xhtml:div class="footnotes"><xhtml:div class="footnote">Section is applicable to health insurance policies, contracts, or plans that are delivered, issued for delivery, continued, or renewed on or after January 1, 2017; <xhtml:span class="iowaActsRef">2016 Acts, ch 1122, §14</xhtml:span></xhtml:div></xhtml:div></slim:Section></slim:Level></slim:Body></slim:Document>