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<section article="gin" article_name="Insurance" number="15-1701" title_number="15" title_name="Health Insurance" subtitle_number="17" subtitle_name="Regulation of Physician Rating Systems">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Carrier” has the meaning stated in § 15–1301 of this title.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Enrollee” means an individual entitled to health care benefits from a carrier.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Physician rating system” means any program that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>measures, rates, or tiers the performance of physicians under contract with the carrier; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>discloses the measures, rates, or tiers to enrollees or the public.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Ratings examiner” means an independent entity that is approved by the Maryland Health Care Commission to review physician rating systems.</text>
  </level>
</section>
