{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-79-154","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 23-79-154","heading":"Reimbursement for physician assistant services","body":"(a) As used in this section, \"health plan\" means any group, blanket, or individual accident and health insurance policy, contract, or plan issued in this state by an insurance company, a hospital medical service corporation, or a health maintenance organization, provided that nothing in this subchapter shall apply to accident only, specified disease, hospital indemnity, Medicare supplement, long-term care, disability income, or other limited benefit health insurance policies.\n\n(b) A health plan shall not refuse to reimburse a physician at the full rate for healthcare services provided by a physician assistant if the practice complies with the laws of this state.\n\n(c) A health plan shall not impose a practice or supervision restriction on a physician assistant that is inconsistent with or more restrictive than the restriction already imposed by the laws of this state.","path":["AR Code","Title 23","Chapter 79","Subchapter 1"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"a34215287d08c41f6eb7f36e645d7f887e4949ce390392c375d73517edb0e84c","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-79-153","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-23-79-155"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}