{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-health-general-19-7a-01","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Health - General § 19–7A–01","heading":"","body":"(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.\n(b) “Commissioner” means the Maryland Insurance Commissioner.\n(c) “Health care services” means a health or medical care procedure or service rendered by a health care provider that:\n(1) Provides testing, diagnosis, or treatment of a human disease or dysfunction; or\n(2) Dispenses drugs, medical devices, medical appliances, or medical goods for the treatment of a human disease or dysfunction.\n(d) “License” includes a certificate of authority, as defined in § 1-101 of the Insurance Article.\n(e) “Provider” means any person, including a physician or hospital, that is licensed or otherwise authorized in this State to provide health care services.\n(f) “Provider-sponsored organization” means an entity that:\n(1) Is a legal aggregation of providers operating collectively for the purpose of providing health care services to Medicare beneficiaries under the federal Medicare+Choice Program;\n(2) Acts through a licensed entity, such as a partnership, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or sole proprietorship, that has authority over the entity’s activities and responsibility for satisfying the requirements of § 19-7A-02 of this subtitle; and\n(3) Provides a substantial proportion of the health care services required to be provided under the federal Medicare+Choice Program directly through providers or affiliated groups of providers.","path":["Article - Health - General"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=ghg\u0026section=19-7A-01","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:48Z","sha256":"ca95a0605d154ec2ffa143c65446d3a963f473b3decb7235052c3d14693a5b3d","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-health-general-19-735","next":"us-md/md.-code-health-general-19-7a-02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}