ORS 743.004 Submission of information by carriers offering health benefit plans

Each carrier offering a health benefit plan shall submit to the Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services on or before April 1 of each year a report that contains:

The following information for the preceding year that is derived from the exhibit of premiums, enrollment and utilization included in the carrier’s annual report:

The total number of members;

The total amount of premiums;

The total amount of costs for claims;

The medical loss ratio;

The average amount of premiums per member per month; and

The percentage change in the average premium per member per month, measured from the previous year.

The following aggregate financial information for the preceding year that is derived from the carrier’s annual report:

The total amount of general administrative expenses, including identification of the five largest nonmedical administrative expenses;

The total amount of the surplus maintained;

The total amount of the reserves maintained for unpaid claims;

The total net underwriting gain or loss; and

The carrier’s net income after taxes.

A carrier shall electronically submit the information described in subsection (1) of this section in a format and according to instructions prescribed by the Department of Consumer and Business Services by rule.

The department shall evaluate the reporting requirements under subsection (1)(a) of this section by the following market segments:

Individual health benefit plans;

Health benefit plans for small employers;

Health benefit plans for employers described in ORS 743B.010; and

Health benefit plans for employers that are not small employers.

The department shall make the information reported under this section available to the public through a searchable public website on the Internet.