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Terms Used In Iowa Code 249A.40

  • Director: means the director of health and human services. See Iowa Code 249A.2
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. Source: Federal Reserve
  • overpayment: includes such funds for which the provider's administrative and judicial review remedies under Iowa Code 249A.2
  • Provider: means an individual, firm, corporation, association, or institution which is providing or has been approved to provide medical assistance to recipients under this chapter. See Iowa Code 249A.2
 Medical assistance paid to a provider following administrative dissolution of the provider pursuant to chapter 490, subchapter XIV, part 2, shall be considered incorrectly paid for the purposes of section 249A.53 and the provider shall be considered to have received an overpayment for the purposes of this subchapter. For the purposes of this section, the overpayment shall not accrue until after a grace period of ninety days following receipt of notice by the provider of the dissolution from the department. Notwithstanding section 490.1422, or any other similar retroactive provision for reinstatement, the director shall recoup any medical assistance paid to a provider while the provider was dissolved if the provider is not retroactively reinstated within the ninety-day grace period. The principals of the provider shall be personally liable for the incorrect payment or overpayment.