# COMAR Title 31 — Maryland Insurance Administration

## Subtitle 10 — Health Insurance — General

### Chapter 17 — Health Care Consumer Information and Education Act

#### Regulation .04 Disclosure of Compensation Methodologies.

*COMAR 31.10.17.04*

A. Each carrier shall include the following in its enrollment sales materials:

  (1) The following disclosure statement typeset in bold italic type:

  (2) The table, specified in §C of this regulation, defining methods of paying physicians and giving an example of each method; and

  (3) A statement of:

    (a) The payment method or methods used to compensate physicians during the preceding year, and

    (b) An estimated percentage of physicians under contract with the carrier compensated by each payment method.

B. Requests Pursuant to Disclosure.

  (1) Each carrier shall provide information in response to requests made pursuant to the disclosure requirement set forth in §A(1) of this regulation with respect to provider compensation by disclosing the method by which a specific physician is compensated.

  (2) A carrier is not required to state the dollar amount of compensation or otherwise provide more specific information about the compensation arrangement it has with a specific physician.

C. Methods of Paying Physicians.