Employee Handbook (A) If the Contractor has an employee handbook, the Contractor shall include the following information:
Member Handbook The Contractor shall develop a member handbook for its members. The Contractor’s member handbook shall be submitted annually for OMPP’s review. The member handbook shall include the Contractor’s contact information and Internet website address and describe the terms and nature of services offered by the Contractor, including the following information required under 42 CFR 438.10(f), which enumerates certain required information. The member handbook may be offered in an electronic format as long as the Contractor complies with 42 CFR 438.10(c)(6). The Hoosier Healthwise MCE Policies and Procedures Manual outlines the member handbook requirements. The Hoosier Healthwise member handbook shall include the following: Contractor’s contact information (address, telephone number, TDD number, website address); The amount, duration and scope of services and benefits available under the Contract in sufficient details to ensure that participants are informed of the services to which they are entitled, including, but not limited to the differences between the benefit options; The procedures for obtaining benefits, including authorization requirements; Contractor’s office hours and days, including the availability of a 24-hour Nurse Call Line; Any restrictions on the member’s freedom of choice among network providers, as well as the extent to which members may obtain benefits, including family planning services, from out-of-network providers; The extent to which, and how, after-hours and emergency coverage are provided, as well as other information required under 42 CFR 438.10(f), such as what constitutes an emergency; The post-stabilization care services rules set forth in 42 CFR 422.113(c); The extent to which, and how, urgent care services are provided; Applicable policy on referrals for specialty care and other benefits not provided by the member’s PMP, if any; Information about the availability of pharmacy services and how to access pharmacy services; Member rights and protections, as enumerated in 42 CFR 438.100, which relates to enrollee rights. See Section 4.8 for further detail regarding member rights and protections; Responsibilities of members; Special benefit provisions (for example, co-payments, deductibles, limits or rejections of claims) that may apply to services obtained outside the Contractor’s network; Procedures for obtaining out-of-network services; Standards and expectations to receive preventive health services; Policy on referrals to specialty care; Procedures for notifying members affected by termination or change in any benefits, services or service delivery sites; Procedures for appealing decisions adversely affecting members’ coverage, benefits or relationship with the Contractor; Procedures for changing PMPs; Standards and procedures for changing MCEs, and circumstances under which this is possible, including, but not limited to providing contact information and instructions for how to contact the enrollment broker to transfer MCEs due to one of the “for cause” reasons described in 42 CFR 438.56(d)(2)(iv), including, but not limited to, the following: Receiving poor quality of care; Failure to provide covered services; Failure of the Contractor to comply with established standards of medical care administration; Lack of access to providers experienced in dealing with the member’s health care needs; Significant language or cultural barriers; Corrective action levied against the Contractor by the office; Limited access to a primary care clinic or other health services within reasonable proximity to a member’s residence; A determination that another MCE’s formulary is more consistent with a new member’s existing health care needs; Lack of access to medically necessary services covered under the Contractor’s contract with the State; A service is not covered by the Contractor for moral or religious objections, as described in Section 6.3.3; Related services are required to be performed at the same time and not all related services are available within the Contractor’s network, and the member’s provider determines that receiving the services separately will subject the member to unnecessary risk; The member’s primary healthcare provider disenrolls from the member’s current MCE and reenrolls with another MCE; or Other circumstances determined by the office or its designee to constitute poor quality of health care coverage. The process for submitting disenrollment requests. This information shall include the following: Hoosier Healthwise members may change MCEs after the first ninety (90) calendar days of enrollment only for cause; Members are required to exhaust the MCE’s internal grievance and appeals process before requesting an MCE change ; Members may submit requests to change MCEs to the Enrollment Broker verbally or in writing, after exhausting the MCE’s internal grievance and appeals process; and The MCE shall provide the Enrollment Broker’s contact information and explain that the member must contact the Enrollment Broker with questions about the process. This information shall include how to obtain the Enrollment Broker’s standardized form for requesting an MCE change. The process by which an American Indian/ Alaska Native member may elect to opt-out of managed care pursuant to 42 USC § 1396u–2(a)(2)(C) and transfer to fee-for-service benefits through the State; Procedures for making complaints and recommending changes in policies and services; Grievance, appeal and fair hearing procedures as required at 42 CFR 438.10(g)(2)(xi), including the following: The right to file grievances and appeals; The requirements and timeframes for filing a grievance or appeal; The availability of assistance in the filing process; The toll-free numbers that the member can use to file a grievance or appeal by phone; The fact that, if requested by the member and under certain circumstances: (1) benefits will continue if the member files an appeal or requests a State fair hearing within the specified timeframes; and (2) the member may be required to pay the cost of services furnished during the appeal if the final decision is adverse to the member. For a State hearing describe (i) the right to a hearing, (ii) the method for obtaining a hearing, and (iii) the rules that govern representation at the hearing. Information about advance directives; How to report a change in income, change in family size, etc.; Information about the availability of the prior claims payment program for certain members and how to access the program administrator; Information on alternative methods or formats of communication for visually and hearing-impaired and non-English speaking members and how members can access those methods or formats; Information on how to contact the Enrollment Broker; Statement that Contractor will provide information on the structure and operation of the health plan; and In accordance with 42 CFR 438.10(f)(3), that upon request of the member, information on the Contractor’s provider incentive plans will be provided.
Handbook A. The Contractor shall provide beneficiaries with a copy of the handbook and provider directory when the beneficiary first accesses services and thereafter upon request. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 9, § 1810.360.)
Overpayment Policies and Procedures Within 90 days after the Effective Date, Xxxxx shall develop and implement written policies and procedures regarding the identification, quantification and repayment of Overpayments received from any Federal health care program.
Policies and Procedures i) The policies and procedures of the designated employer apply to the employee while working at both sites.
Operations Manual The Franchisor agrees to loan to the Franchisee one or more manuals, technical bulletins, cookbooks and recipes and other written materials (collectively referred to as “Operations Manual”) covering Factory Candy ordering, Store Candy manufacturing, processing and stocking and other operating and in-store marketing techniques for the ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHOCOLATE FACTORY Store. The Franchisee agrees that it shall comply with the Operations Manual as an essential aspect of its obligations under this Agreement, that the Operations Manual shall be deemed to be incorporated herein by reference and failure by the Franchisee to substantially comply with the Operations Manual may be considered by the Franchisor to be a breach of this Agreement.
PROCUREMENT ETHICS Contractor understands that a person who is interested in any way in the sale of any supplies, services, construction, or insurance to the State of Utah is violating the law if the person gives or offers to give any compensation, gratuity, contribution, loan, reward, or any promise thereof to any person acting as a procurement officer on behalf of the State of Utah, or who in any official capacity participates in the procurement of such supplies, services, construction, or insurance, whether it is given for their own use or for the use or benefit of any other person or organization.
Privacy Policies Each party will make available a Privacy Policy that complies with Law. Xxxxxx’s Privacy Policy explains how and for what purposes Stripe collects, uses, retains, discloses and safeguards the Personal Data you provide to Stripe.
BUSINESS ETHICS During the course of pursuing contracts, and the course of contract performance, Provider will maintain business ethics standards aimed at avoiding real or apparent impropriety or conflicts of interest. No substantial gifts, entertainment, payments, loans or other considerations beyond that which would be collectively categorized as incidental shall be made to any employees or officials of HISD, its authorized agents and representatives, or to family members of any of them. At any time Provider believes there may have been a violation of this obligation, Provider shall notify HISD of the possible violation. HISD is entitled to request a representation letter from Provider, its subcontractors or vendors at any time to disclose all things of value passing from Provider, its subcontractors or vendors to HISD’s personnel or its authorized agents and representatives. REQUIRED DISCLOSURES
Safety Policy Each employer is required by law to have a safety policy and program. TIR will ask for and may require a copy of that policy and program.
