An initial contract between the Medicaid Agency and a regional care organization shall be for three years, with the option for the Medicaid Agency to renew the contract for not more than two additional one-year periods. The Medicaid Agency shall obtain provider input and an independent evaluation of the cost savings, patient outcomes, and quality of care provided by each regional care organization, and obtain the results of each regional care organization's evaluation in time to use the findings to decide whether to enter into another multi-year contract with the regional care organization or change the Medicaid region's care-delivery system.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Article 9 - Delivery of Medical Services.
Section 22-6-150 - Definitions.
Section 22-6-152 - Medicaid Regions.
Section 22-6-154 - Quality Assurance Committee; Collection and Publication of Information.
Section 22-6-155 - Terms of Contracts; Cost Evaluations.
Section 22-6-156 - Contracts With Alternate Care Providers.
Section 22-6-157 - Termination of Regional Care Organization Certification.
Section 22-6-158 - Contracts With Service Providers.
Section 22-6-159 - Implementation of Article.
Section 22-6-160 - Evaluation and Report on Long-Term Care System for Medicaid Beneficiaries.
Section 22-6-161 - Evaluation and Report on Dental Care Program for Medicaid Beneficiaries.
Section 22-6-162 - Case-Management Services.
Section 22-6-164 - Rulemaking Authority.
Section 22-6-165 - Regional Care Organizations Exempt From Certain License Fees.