{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4d-8.2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 30:4D-8.2","heading":"Definitions relative to a Medicaid ACO.","body":"2.\tAs used in this act:\n\"ACO\" means an accountable care organization.\n\"Behavioral health care provider\" means a provider licensed or approved by the Department of Human Services to render services to New Jersey residents.\n\"Department\" means the Department of Human Services.\n\"Designated area\" means a municipality or defined geographic area in which no fewer than 5,000 Medicaid recipients reside.\n\"Disproportionate share hospital\" means a hospital designated by the Commissioner of Human Services pursuant to Pub.L.89-87 (42 U.S.C. s.1396a et seq.) and Pub.L.102-234.\n\"Medicaid\" means the Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.).\n\"Medicaid ACO Demonstration Project\" or \"demonstration project\" means the demonstration project established pursuant to this act.\n\"Primary care provider\" includes the following licensed individuals:  physicians, physician assistants, advanced practice nurses, and nurse midwives whose professional practice involves the provision of primary care, including internal medicine, family medicine, geriatric care, pediatric care, or obstetrical/gynecological care.\n\"Qualified behavioral health care provider\" means a behavioral health care provider who participates in the Medicaid program and renders clinic-based and home-based services to individuals residing in the designated area served by the Medicaid ACO.\n\"Qualified primary care provider\" means a primary care provider who participates in the Medicaid program and who spends at least 25% of his professional time or 10 hours per seven-day week, whichever is less, rendering clinical or clinical supervision services at an office or clinic setting located within the designated area served by a Medicaid ACO.\nL.2011, c.114, s.2.","path":["TITLE 30 INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"6f1b62299e7b6eaf40644a58ba14a0e3a746c2da289a9517990256d93dcebb25","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4d-8.1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-30-4d-8.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}