26.1-18.1-08. Annual report

26.1-18.1-08. Annual report

1. Every domestic health maintenance organization shall annually, on or before March

first, and every foreign health maintenance organization shall annually, on or before

the date that its annual report is due in its domestic state, file a report verified by at

least two principal officers with the commissioner, covering the preceding calendar

year. The report must be on forms prescribed by the commissioner. In addition, the

domestic health maintenance organization shall file by March first, and every foreign

health maintenance organization shall file annually, on or before the date that its

annual report is due in its domestic state, unless otherwise stated:

a. Audited financial statements on or before June first.

b. A list of the providers who have executed a contract that complies with

subdivision a of subsection 4 of section 26.1-18.1-12.

c. (1) A description of the grievance procedures.

(2) The total number of grievances handled through the procedures, a

compilation of the causes underlying those grievances, and a summary of

the final disposition of those grievances.

2. The commissioner may require additional reports as are deemed necessary and

appropriate to enable the commissioner to carry out the commissioner's duties under

this chapter. The commissioner may waive the filing of the annual report and other

information for a health maintenance organization that has discontinued its operation

in this state.

3. The commissioner may designate the national association of insurance commissioners

as the repository for the filing of the annual report.