SUBCHAPTER 23D – WORKERS' COMPENSATION RULES FOR MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS

SECTION .0100 – Rules

11 NCAC 23D .0101         PURPOSE

The rules in this Subchapter are intended to facilitate the timely and cost-effective delivery of appropriate medical compensation services to fulfill the employer's duty to provide such services as are reasonably necessary to effect a cure, give relief, or shorten the period of disability resulting from compensable injuries through the use of Managed Care Organizations (MCOs). The rules in this Subchapter do not affect informal lists or "employer networks" of providers assembled by employers or insurers for their own referrals.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 97-2(19); 97-2(20); 97-2(21); 97-25; 97-25.2; 97-25.3(e); 97-25.4(a); 97-26(b); 97-26(c);

Eff. January 1, 1996;

Amended Eff. July 1, 2014;

Recodified from 04 NCAC 10D .0101 Eff. June 1, 2018.