§ 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.

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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