Section 1399.900 Of Chapter 2.25. Disease Management From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2.25.
1399.900
. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, "disease management
organization" means an entity that provides disease management
programs and services and that contracts with any of the following:
(1) A health care service plan.
(2) A contractor of a health care service plan.
(3) An employer.
(4) A publicly financed health care program.
(5) A government agency.
(b) A disease management organization shall not include an entity
whose primary purpose is to market specific products or services to
enrollees of a health care service plan.
(c) No medical group, individual licensed pursuant to Division 2
(commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code,
or health facility as defined in Section 1250, that provides disease
management programs and services incidental to their primary
professional practices, shall be considered a disease management
organization.