Policies

This page contains an index to all policies of the Colorado Medical Society. The title of each major section is a clickable link to the related policies.

• 210.990 Privileges
• 210.991 Standardization of Credentialing Forms
• 210.992 Physician Profile and the Prospective Payment System
• 210.993 Bylaws
• 210.994 Self-Government
• 210.995 Definition
• 210.996 Legal Counsel
• 210.997 Self-Governing Medical Staff
• 210.998 Renewal of Staff Reappointments
• 210.999 Participation in Decision Making

• 215.999 Status and Disbursement of Profits

• 220.998 Position Paper: Expert Witness
• 220.999 Expert Testimony and Fees

• 225.995 Maintenance of Licensure
• 225.996 Voluntary License for Retired Physicians
• 225.997 Medical License Fees
• 225.998 Support of Colorado Physician Health Program
• 225.999 Support of Colorado Medical Board

• 230.997 Clinical Knowledge of Long Term Care for the Elderly
• 230.998 Case Management
• 230.999 Standards and Credentialing for Case Managers

• 235.975 Out-of-Network and Network Adequacy
• 235.976 Prior Authorization
• 235.977 Physician Profiling
• 235.978 National Care Project Physician Input
• 235.979 Physician Networks
• 235.980 Request for Ongoing Reporting from the UnitedHealthcare Physician Advisory Committee (PAC)
• 235.981 Drug Formularies
• 235.982 Admitting Officer and Hospitalist Programs
• 235.983 Health Plan Opt Out
• 235.984 All-Products Clauses
• 235.985 Managed Care Contract Participation Listing Deadline
• 235.986 Accurate Reporting of Health Plan Expenditures for Patient Care
• 235.987 Ethical Implications of Capitation
• 235.988 Managed Care Utilization Review and “Hold Harmless” Clauses
• 235.989 Position Paper: Prior Authorizations
• 235.990 Managed Care Policy
• 235.992 Access to Care (Gatekeeper Systems)
• 235.993 Ethical Issues in Managed Care
• 235.994 Quality of Care in Managed Care Plans
• 235.995 Managed Care and Antitrust
• 235.996 Position Paper: Physician Affiliation/Disaffiliation
• 235.997 Discrimination Against Physicians by Health Care Plans
• 235.998 Punitive Protections for Physicians Participating in Health Care Plans
• 235.999 Point of Service Option for Managed Care Enrollees

• Medicaid fee disputes between specialties
• Medicaid block grants
• 240.991 Medicaid Specialty Access
• 240.992 Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Adjudication for Physician Dispensing
• 240.993 Medicaid Expansion
• 240.994 Medicaid/Medicare Parity in Reimbursement Rates
• 240.995 Remove Exemptions from Medicaid Prescribing
• 240.996 Medicaid Guiding Principles
• 240.997 Medicaid Pharmacy Benefits
• 240.998 Medicaid Reimbursement and Patient Access to Physicians
• 240.999 Medicaid Position Paper

• 245.988 Unified Graduate Medical Education
• 245.989 Discrepancies in Clerkship Cost
• 245.990 Workforce-Centered Education Funding
• 245.991 Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer in Medical Education
• 245.992 Health Policy Education in Medical School
• 245.993 Medical Student Tuition and Debt
• 245.994 “All Payer” Funding for Medical Education
• 245.995 Training or Retraining Physicians for Rural Practice
• 245.996 Specialty Choice Requirements for Student Financial Aid
• 245.997 Topics and Responsibility for the Annual Meeting Educational Program
• 245.998 Resident Working Hours
• 245.999 Maternity Leave for Residents

• 250.998 Medical Record Fees-Guidelines
• 250.999 Access to Physicians’ Personal Medical Records

• 255.999 Unified Voice for Physicians