256B.035 MANAGED CARE. The commissioner of human services may contract with public or private entities or operate a preferred provider program to deliver health care services to medical assistance and MinnesotaCare program recipients. The commissioner may enter into risk-based and non-risk-based contracts. The commissioner must not enter into a contract with a health maintenance organization, as defined in section 62D.02, which is not a nonprofit corporation organized under chapter 317A or a local governmental unit, as defined in section 62D.02. Contracts may be for the full range of health services, or a portion thereof, for medical assistance populations to determine the effectiveness of various provider reimbursement and care delivery mechanisms. The commissioner may seek necessary federal waivers and implement projects when approval of the waivers is obtained from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. History: 1990 c 568 art 3 s 20; 1992 c 513 art 7 s 33; 1995 c 234 art 8 s 56; 2002 c 277 s 32; 2016 c 158 art 2 s 76; 2024 c 127 art 57 s 55
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