Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1912 – Standardized claim forms
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1912
- administrator: includes any administrator of a preferred provider arrangement required to register under this chapter pursuant to section 2674?A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 1901
- Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
All administrators who administer claims and who provide payment or reimbursement for diagnosis or treatment of a condition or a complaint by a licensed health care practitioner must accept the current standardized claim form for professional services approved by the Federal Government and submitted electronically. All administrators who administer claims and who provide payment or reimbursement for diagnosis or treatment of a condition or a complaint by a licensed hospital must accept the current standardized claim form for professional or facility services, as applicable, approved by the Federal Government and submitted electronically. An administrator may not be required to accept a claim submitted on a form other than the applicable form specified in this section and may not be required to accept a claim that is not submitted electronically, except from a health care practitioner who is exempt pursuant to Title 24, section 2985. All services provided by a health care practitioner in an office setting must be submitted on the standardized federal form used by noninstitutional providers and suppliers. Services in a nonoffice setting may be billed as negotiated between the administrator and health care practitioner. For purposes of this section, “office setting” means a location where the health care practitioner routinely provides health examinations, diagnosis and treatment of illness or injury on an ambulatory basis whether or not the office is physically located within a facility. [PL 2005, c. 97, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1993, c. 477, §D8 (NEW). PL 1993, c. 477, §F1 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 218, §2 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 469, §D3 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 469, §D9 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 97, §1 (AMD).