Iowa Code § 514F.1 - Utilization and cost control review committees

The licensing boards under chapters 148, 149, 151, and 152 shall establish utilization and cost control review committees of licensees under the respective chapters, selected from licensees who have practiced in Iowa for at least the previous five years, or shall accredit and designate other utilization and cost control organizations as utilization and cost control committees under this section, for the purposes of utilization review of the appropriateness of levels of treatment and of giving opinions as to the reasonableness of charges for diagnostic or treatment services of licensees. Persons governed by the various chapters of Title XIII, subtitle 1, of the Code and self-insurers for health care benefits to employees may utilize the services of the utilization and cost control review committees upon the payment of a reasonable fee for the services, to be determined by the respective boards. The respective boards under chapters 148, 149, 151, and 152 shall adopt rules necessary and proper for the administration of this section pursuant to chapter 17A. It is the intent of this general assembly that conduct of the utilization and cost control review committees authorized under this section shall be exempt from challenge under federal or state antitrust laws or other similar laws in regulation of trade or commerce. 86 Acts, ch 1180, §10; 87 Acts, ch 115, §63; 88 Acts, ch 1199, §6; 89 Acts, ch 164, §6; 90 Acts, ch 1233, §32; 2007 Acts, ch 10, §177; 2008 Acts, ch 1088, §135