State by State Guide to Managed Care Law simplifies and expedites your research by giving you immediate access to key court decisions, state managed care policies and practices, and extensive citations to codes and regulations - for all 50 states. Identify your issue in the index and turn to the page indicated. You'll find current, authoritative information that can help you to:

Evaluate baseline quality standards

Determine when managed care enrollees have access to providers

Establish guidelines for collection and disclosure of financial information

Arm yourself to tackle the complicated issue of prescription drugs

Ensure that the managed care organization recognizes patients' and providers' due process rights

The 2012 State by State Guide to Managed Care Law includes the following new and updated materials:

Coverage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (H.R. 3590) and its potential effect on various state HMO coverage mandates

Updates to administrative requirements for group HMOs for 10 states

Addition of point-of-service option information for West Virginia

Updates to continuity of care requirements for four states

Addition of Kentucky laws on clinical trials coverage

Updates to laws on generic therapeutic substitutions by pharmacists for five states

Addition of Wisconsin law requiring coverage for prescription contraceptives

Updates to laws for 11 states on coverage of drugs and prostheses

Updates to external review requirements for five states