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Assembly Bill A5245

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to filing requirements for HMO claims, payment of claims for medical care, HMO electronic remittance advices, and establishes HMO reporting requirements

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2011-A5245 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §363-a, Soc Serv L; amd §§3216, 3221 & 4303, Ins L; amd §§2807-p, 4406-d, 2511 & 4408, add §4408-b, Pub Health L

2011-A5245 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to filing and payment requirements for HMO claims, payment of claims for medical care, HMO electronic remittance advices, health care professional credentialing, and establishes HMO reporting requirements.

2011-A5245 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5245

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  P. RIVERA  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Insurance

AN ACT to amend the social services law,  the  insurance  law,  and  the
  public  health  law,  in  relation  to filing requirements for medical
  assistance program claims  and  HMO  claims,  payment  of  claims  for
  medical  care  or services, electronic remittance advices, HMO creden-
  tialing for health care professionals, and establishing HMO  reporting
  requirements

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 363-a of the social services  law,
as  amended  by  chapter  474 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. The department of health shall make such  regulations,  not  incon-
sistent  with law, as may be necessary to implement this title, PROVIDED
THAT NO SUCH REGULATIONS SHALL PROVIDE THAT AN OTHERWISE VALID CLAIM FOR
MEDICAL CARE, SERVICES OR SUPPLIES PURSUANT TO THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
TITLE,  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  INVALID AND THUS INELIGIBLE FOR PAYMENT BASED
SOLELY UPON THE FAILURE OF SUCH CLAIM TO BE SUBMITTED WITHIN NINETY DAYS
OF THE DATE OF SERVICE.
  S 2. Section 3216 of the insurance law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subsection (m) to read as follows:
  (M)  NO  INSURER  SHALL  DENY COMPENSATION TO A PARTICIPATING PROVIDER
THAT IS NOT LISTED AS  A  PATIENT'S  PRIMARY  CARE  PHYSICIAN,  BUT  HAS
RENDERED MEDICAL CARE, SERVICES OR SUPPLIES TO AN INSURED.
  S  3.  Section  3221  of  the insurance law is amended by adding a new
subsection (s) to read as follows:
  (S) NO INSURER SHALL DENY COMPENSATION  TO  A  PARTICIPATING  PROVIDER
THAT  IS  NOT  LISTED  AS  A  PATIENT'S  PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN, BUT HAS
RENDERED MEDICAL CARE, SERVICES OR SUPPLIES TO AN INSURED.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08316-02-1

              

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