Common use of Failure to Meet Access and Provider Ratio Standards Clause in Contracts

Failure to Meet Access and Provider Ratio Standards. If the Department determines that Contractor has not met the Provider to Enrollee access standards established in Sections 5.5.3 and 5.6 the Department will send Contractor a notice of noncompliance. If Contractor has not met these requirements by the end of the thirty (30) day period following the notice, the Department may, without further notice, (i) impose a performance penalty of $1,000.00 to $5,000.00, (ii) suspend enrollment of Potential Enrollees with Contractor, or (iii) impose both. At the end of each subsequent period of thirty (30) days in which no demonstrated progress is made toward compliance, the Department may, without further notice, impose additional performance penalties of $1,000.00 to $5,000.00.