Health Carrier Internal Appeal Process and External Review

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This is Chapter 35.1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Health Carrier Internal Appeal Process and External Review.” It is part of Title 38.2 “Insurance”.

It’s comprised of the following 16 sections.

§ 38.2-3556	Definitions
§ 38.2-3557	Scope of chapter
§ 38.2-3558	Health carrier's internal appeal process
§ 38.2-3559	Notice of right to external review
§ 38.2-3560	Exhaustion of internal appeal process
§ 38.2-3561	Standard external review
§ 38.2-3562	Expedited external review
§ 38.2-3563	External review of experimental or investigational treatment adverse determinations
§ 38.2-3564	Binding nature of external review decision
§ 38.2-3565	Minimum qualifications for independent review organizations
§ 38.2-3566	Approval of independent review organizations
§ 38.2-3567	Independent review organizations to be held harmless
§ 38.2-3568	External review reporting requirements
§ 38.2-3569	Funding of external review
§ 38.2-3570	Disclosure requirements
§ 38.2-3571	Regulations