{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-6d-12","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6D, § 12","heading":"Negotiation of network contracts by unregistered provider or provider organization prohibited","body":"Section 12. (a) No provider or provider organization may negotiate network contracts with any carrier or third-party administrator except for a provider or provider organizations which are registered under this chapter and regulations promulgated under this chapter; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall require a provider or provider organization with a patient panel of 15,000 or fewer or which represents providers who collectively receive, less than $25,000,000 in annual net patient service revenue from payers to be registered if such provider or provider is not a risk-bearing provider organization.\n(b) Nothing in this chapter shall require a carrier to negotiate a network contract with a registered provider organization or with a registered provider or provider organization for all providers that are part of, or represented by, a registered provider organization.","path":["Part I","Title II","Chapter 6D"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleII/Chapter6D/Section12","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:19:43Z","sha256":"5e2fc101fe030c51da9ef60ca51640635b3154baf8d6987c47b73ea04595d64a","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-6d-11","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-6d-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}