§ 9418e. Most favored nation clauses prohibited
No later than 180 days after the effective date of this section, no contracting entity shall do any of the following:
(1) offer to a provider, hospital, pharmacist, or pharmacy a health care contract that includes a most favored nation clause;
(2) enter into a health care contract with a provider, hospital, pharmacist, or pharmacy that includes a most favored nation clause; or
(3) amend an existing health care contract previously entered into with a provider, hospital, pharmacist, or pharmacy to include a most favored nation clause. (Added 2009, No. 61, § 34.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Chapter 221 - Health Care Administration
§ 9405. State Health Improvement Plan; Health Resource Allocation Plan
§ 9405a. Public participation and strategic planning
§ 9405b. Hospital community reports and ambulatory surgical center quality reports
§ 9405c. Notice of acquisition
§ 9408. Common claims forms and procedures
§ 9408a. Uniform provider credentialing
§ 9409. Health care provider bargaining groups
§ 9411. Interactive price transparency dashboard
§ 9413. Health care quality and price comparison
§ 9414. Quality assurance for managed care
§ 9414a. Annual reporting by health insurers
§ 9416. Vermont Program for Quality in Health Care
§ 9417. Tax-advantaged accounts for health-related expenses; administration; rulemaking
§ 9418. Payment for health care services
§ 9418a. Processing claims, downcoding, and adherence to coding rules
§ 9418c. Fair contract standards
§ 9418e. Most favored nation clauses prohibited
§ 9418f. Rental network contracts
§ 9419. Charges for access to medical records
§ 9420. Conversion of nonprofit hospitals
§ 9422. Credit card payments optional for providers
§ 9434. Certificate of need; general rules
§ 9439. Competing applications
§ 9440a. Applications, information, and testimony; oath required
§ 9440b. Information technology; review procedures
§ 9443. Expiration of certificates of need
§ 9444. Revocation of certificates; material change
§ 9446. Home health agencies; geographic service areas
§ 9457. Information available to the public
§ 9462. Quality improvement projects
§ 9472. Pharmacy benefit managers; required practices with respect to health insurers
§ 9473. Pharmacy benefit managers; required practices with respect to pharmacies
§ 9473. Pharmacy benefit managers; required practices with respect to pharmacies
§ 9482. Financial assistance policies for large health care facilities
§ 9483. Implementation of financial assistance policy
§ 9484. Public education and information
§ 9485. Prohibition on sale of medical debt