{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-21.86.170","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 21.86.170","heading":"Powers of insurers and of hospital or medical service corporations.","body":"(a) An insurer licensed in this state, or a hospital or medical service corporation authorized to do business in this state, may, either directly or through a subsidiary or affiliate, organize and operate a health maintenance organization under the provisions of this chapter. Two or more insurance companies, hospitals or medical service corporations, or subsidiaries or affiliates of them, may jointly organize and operate a health maintenance organization. The business of insurance is considered to include providing health care by a health maintenance organization owned or operated by an insurer or subsidiary of an insurer.\n(b) An insurer or hospital or medical service corporation may contract with a health maintenance organization to provide insurance or similar protection against the cost of care provided through a health maintenance organization and to provide coverage in the event of the failure of the health maintenance organization to meet its obligations. The enrollees of a health maintenance organization constitute a permissible group under this title. Under a contract authorized by this subsection, the insurer or hospital or medical service corporation may make benefit payments to health maintenance organizations for health care services rendered by providers.","path":["Title 21. Insurance.","Chapter 86. Health Maintenance Organizations."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#21.86.170","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:40Z","sha256":"76c66628b13a5a256b5bf683ff0d406993f16defa52436b20d7a5c6ff043e77c","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-21.86.160","next":"us-ak/as-21.86.180"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}