Texas Insurance Code

§ 843.320 — USE OF HOSPITALIST

IN § 843.320Title 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Part C. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES · Ch. 843. HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS · Art. I. RELATIONS WITH PHYSICIANS AND PROVIDERS

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(a)In this section, "hospitalist" means a physician who:

(1)serves as physician of record at a hospital for a hospitalized patient of another physician; and

(2)returns the care of the patient to that other physician at the end of the patient's hospitalization.

(b)A contract between a health maintenance organization and a physician may not require the physician to use a hospitalist for a hospitalized patient.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.211(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.