Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 21, May 25, 2024
Section 69.12 - Exemption from payment limitations(a) Acute care treatment and services for life-threatening or urgent injuries, and services for burn injury patients rendered by providers during transport to and while at a trauma center or a burn facility, shall be paid at the usual and customary charge when the insured's condition meets the definition of urgent or life-threatening injury, based upon information available at the time of the insured's assessment. When the initial assessment at the trauma center determines that the insured's injuries are not urgent or life-threatening, the exemption shall apply only to the initial assessment and the transportation to the facility. A decision by ambulance personnel that an injury is urgent or lifethreatening shall be presumptive of the reasonableness and necessity of the transport to a trauma center or burn facility unless there is clear evidence of a violation of the American College of Surgeons' Triage Guidelines.(b) A provider may seek a determination that a Medicare reimbursement allowance under the Medicare Program is unreasonable by applying to the Department for a deviation from the Medicare reimbursement allowance. The application shall be provider specific and shall be for the specific Medicare reimbursement allowance that is believed to be unreasonable. The application for a different Medicare reimbursement allowance will be subject to a formal adjudicatory hearing in accordance with 2 Pa.C.S. §§ 501-508 and 701-704 (relating to the Administrative Agency Law). This section cited in 31 Pa. Code § 69.42 (relating to payments under the act); and 31 Pa. Code § 69.43 (relating to insurer payment requirements).