California · Insurance Code

INS §10402.1: An insurer or plan which accepts or ratifies a contract for alternative rates known by it to have been executed by a provider prior to the insurer’s or plan’s authorization, in reliance on the represe

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

An insurer or plan that accepts or ratifies a contract for alternative rates that a provider executed without authorization, relying on a false claim of authorization, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

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An insurer or plan which accepts or ratifies a contract for alternative rates known by it to have been executed by a provider prior to the insurer’s or plan’s authorization, in reliance on the representation that it was authorized by such insurer or plan, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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