Common use of Contract Start-Up and Planning Clause in Contracts

Contract Start-Up and Planning. The MCO is also required to ensure that Community-based Long Term Care Services Providers in the Expansion Service Areas are educated about and trained regarding the process for continuing such services prior to the Operational Start Date (see Section 8.3.6.1). As described in Section 8.1.3.2, the MCO must allow pregnant Members past the 24th week of pregnancy to remain under the care of the Member’s current OB/GYN through the Member’s postpartum checkup, even if the provider is Out-of-Network. If a Member wants to change her OB/GYN to one who is in the Network, she must be allowed to do so if the Provider to whom she wishes to transfer agrees to accept her in the last trimester of pregnancy. The MCO must pay a Member’s existing Out-of-Network providers for Medically Necessary Covered Services until the Member’s records, clinical information and care can be transferred to a Network Provider, or until such time as the Member is no longer enrolled in that MCO, whichever is shorter. Payment to Out-of-Network providers must be made within the time period required for Network Providers. The MCO must comply with Out-of-Network provider reimbursement rules as adopted by HHSC. With the exception of pregnant Members who are past the 24th week of pregnancy, this Article does not extend the obligation of the MCO to reimburse the Member’s existing Out-of-Network providers for ongoing care for: