# Insurance (GIN)

## Title 15. Health Insurance

### Subtitle 17. Regulation of Physician Rating Systems

#### Section 15-1701

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Carrier" has the meaning stated in Sec. 15-1301 of this title.

(c) "Enrollee" means an individual entitled to health care benefits from a carrier.

(d) "Physician rating system" means any program that:

  (1) measures, rates, or tiers the performance of physicians under contract with the carrier; and

  (2) discloses the measures, rates, or tiers to enrollees or the public.

(e) "Ratings examiner" means an independent entity that is approved by the Maryland Health Care Commission to review physician rating systems.

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Md. Code Ann., Ins. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)