(a) As used in this chapter: (i) "Applicant" means a health care provider who submits an application to a health carrier to become credentialed as a participating health care provider in one (1) or more of the health carrier's provider networks; (ii) "Application" means an applicant's most recent application to become credentialed by a health carrier as a participating health care provider in one (1) or more of the health carrier's provider networks; (iii) "Completed credentialing application" means a credentialing application that is free of defects and contains all of the information that, when later supplemented by verification and documentation gathered by the health carrier during the primary source verification process, is necessary for the health carrier to make a credentialing decision; (iv) "Credentialing" means the process by which a health carrier or its designee collects information concerning an applicant, assesses whether the applicant satisfies the requirements to become a participating health care provider in one (1) or more of the health carrier's provider networks, verifies all information submitted by the applicant and approves or denies the applicant's application; (v) "Health carrier" means as defined by W.S. 26-13- 303(a)(iii) and shall not mean pharmacy benefit managers as defined by W.S. 26-52-102(a)(vii).
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