N.Y. Public Health Law 3621 – Payment of claims
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§ 3621. Payment of claims. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the provisions of § 3224-a of the insurance law, and regulations thereunder, shall apply to claims for payment submitted by a licensed home care services agency, certified home health agency, long term home health care program, or fiscal intermediary operating under § 365-f of the social services law, pursuant to a contract with a payor under § 4403-j of the social services law, and such claims shall be subject to and settled in compliance with the standards set forth in such section.
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 3621
- Certified home health agency: means a home care services agency which possesses a valid certificate of approval issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, or a residential health care facility or hospital possessing a valid operating certificate issued under article twenty-eight of this chapter which is authorized under section thirty-six hundred ten of this article to provide a long term home health care program. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3602
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Home care services: means one or more of the following services provided to persons at home: (a) those services provided by a home care services agency; (b) home health aide services; (c) personal care services; (d) homemaker services; (e) housekeeper or chore services. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3602
- Long term home health care program: means a coordinated plan of care and services provided at home to invalid, infirm, or disabled persons who are medically eligible for placement in a hospital or residential health care facility for an extended period of time if such program were unavailable. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3602