Termination as a participating provider

Hearing and appeal rights of denied providers. Administration. viders are being arbitrarily excluded from participating in certain health benefit plans and that, should such practice continue, these providers will be harmed and forced either to discontinue their services or relocate to urban areas thereby further exacerbating the shortage which already exists. The General Assembly therefore concludes that certain steps must be taken to promote the continued existence and expansion of rural health care providers in order to preserve the availability of primary health care services to Georgia’s rural citizens.’’