Sec. 6. (a) A Medicaid recipient may be admitted to a hospital by a physician other than the recipient’s managed care provider if the recipient requires immediate medical treatment.

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     (b) The admitting physician shall notify the recipient’s managed care provider of the recipient’s admission not more than forty-eight (48) hours after the recipient’s admission.

     (c) Payment for services provided a recipient admitted to a hospital under this section shall be made only for services that the office or the contractor under IC 12-15-30 determines were medically reasonable and necessary.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-7-16.1(e).]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9.