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Department 700 - Department of Regulatory AgenciesDivision 702 - Division of InsuranceRule 3 CCR 702-4 - LIFE, ACCIDENT AND HEALTHSection 3 CCR 702-4 Series 4-6 - LIFE, ACCIDENT AND HEALTH, Series 4-6 Group Health Insurance, Small Group Health Plans
Regulation Regulation 4-6-2 - GROUP COORDINATION OF BENEFITS
Section 3 CCR 702-4-6-2-9 - Miscellaneous Provisions

3 Colo. Code Regs. § 702-4-6-2-9

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Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 16, August 25, 2024
Section 3 CCR 702-4-6-2-9 - Miscellaneous Provisions
A. A secondary plan that provides benefits in the form of services may recover the reasonable cash value of the services from the primary plan, to the extent that benefits for the services are covered by the primary plan and have not already been paid or provided by the primary plan. Nothing in this provision shall be interpreted to require a plan to reimburse a covered person in cash for the value of services provided by a plan that provides benefits in the form of services.
1. A plan with order-of-benefit determination rules that comply with this regulation (complying plan) may coordinate its benefits with a plan that is "excess" or "always secondary" or that uses order-of-benefit determination rules that are inconsistent with those contained in this regulation (noncomplying plan) on the following basis:
a. If the complying plan is the primary plan, it shall pay or provide its benefits first;
b. If the complying plan is the secondary plan, it shall, nevertheless, pay or provide its benefits first, but the amount of the benefits payable shall be determined as if the complying plan were the secondary plan. In such a situation, the payment shall be the limit of the complying plan's liability; and
c. If the noncomplying plan does not provide the information needed by the complying plan to determine its benefits within a reasonable time after it is requested to do so, the complying plan shall assume that the benefits of the noncomplying plan are identical to its own, and shall pay its benefits accordingly. If, within two (2) years of payment, the complying plan receives information as to the actual benefits of the noncomplying plan, it shall adjust payments accordingly.
2. If the noncomplying plan reduces its benefits so that the covered person receives less in benefits than he or she would have received had the complying plan paid or provided its benefits as the secondary plan and the noncomplying plan paid or provided its benefits as the primary plan, and governing state law allows the right of subrogation set forth below, then the complying plan shall advance to or on behalf of the covered person an amount equal to the difference.
3. In no event shall the complying plan advance more than the complying plan would have paid had it been the primary plan less any amount it previously paid for the same expense or service. In consideration of the advance, the complying plan shall be subrogated to all rights of the covered person against the noncomplying plan. The advance by the complying plan shall also be without prejudice to any claim it may have against a noncomplying plan in the absence of subrogation.
B. COB differs from subrogation. Provisions for one may be included in health care benefits contracts without compelling the inclusion or exclusion of the other.
C. If the plans cannot agree on the order-of-benefits within thirty (30) calendar days after the plans have received all of the information needed to pay the claim, the plans shall immediately pay the claim in equal shares and determine their relative liabilities following payment, except that no plan shall be required to pay more than it would have paid had it been primary.

3 CCR 702-4-6-2-9

37 CR 11, June 10, 2014, effective 7/1/2014
37 CR 12, June 25, 2014, effective 7/15/2014
Colorado Register, Vol 37, No. 14. July 25, 2014, effective 8/15/2014
37 CR 23, December 10, 2014, effective 1/1/2015
38 CR 03, February 10, 2015, effective 3/15/2015
38 CR 06, March 25, 2015, effective 4/30/2015
38 CR 09, May 10, 2015, effective 6/1/2015
38 CR 13, July 10, 2015, effective 7/30/2015
38 CR 19, October 10, 2015, effective 11/1/2015
38 CR 21, November 10, 2015, effective 1/1/2016
38 CR 23, December 10, 2015, effective 1/1/2016
39 CR 01, January 10, 2016, effective 2/1/2016
39 CR 05, March 10, 2016, effective 4/1/2016
39 CR 08, April 25, 2016, effective 5/15/2016
39 CR 19, October 10, 2016, effective 11/1/2016
39 CR 20, October 25, 2016, effective 1/1/2017
39 CR 22, November 25, 2016, effective 1/1/2017
39 CR 23, December 10, 2016, effective 1/1/2017
39 CR 23, December 25, 2016, effective 1/1/2017
40 CR 03, February 10, 2017, effective 3/15/2017
40 CR 09, May 10, 2017, effective 6/1/2017
40 CR 15, August 10, 2017, effective 9/1/2017
40 CR 17, September 10, 2017, effective 10/1/2017
40 CR 21, November 10, 2017, effective 12/1/2017
41 CR 04, February 25, 2018, effective 4/1/2018
41 CR 05, March 10, 2018, effective 6/1/2018
41 CR 08, April 25, 2018, effective 6/1/2018
41 CR 09, May 10, 2018, effective 6/1/2018
41 CR 11, June 10, 2018, effective 7/1/2018
41 CR 15, August 10, 2018, effective 9/1/2018
41 CR 17, September 10, 2018, effective 10/1/2018
41 CR 18, September 25, 2018, effective 10/15/2018
41 CR 21, November 10, 2018, effective 12/1/2018
41 CR 23, December 10, 2018, effective 1/1/2019
42 CR 01, January 10, 2019, effective 2/1/2019
41 CR 19, October 10, 2018, effective 3/1/2019
42 CR 03, February 10, 2019, effective 4/1/2019
42 CR 04, February 25, 2019, effective 4/1/2019
42 CR 06, March 25, 2019, effective 6/1/2019
42 CR 08, April 10, 2019, effective 6/1/2019
42 CR 15, August 10, 2019, effective 9/1/2019
42 CR 17, September 10, 2019, effective 10/1/2019
43 CR 02, January 25, 2020, effective 12/20/2019
43 CR 02, January 25, 2020, effective 12/23/2019
42 CR 23, December 10, 2019, effective 1/1/2020
43 CR 01, January 10, 2020, effective 2/1/2020
42 CR 24, December 25, 2019, effective 2/2/2020
43 CR 06, March 25, 2020, effective 4/15/2020
43 CR 10, May 25, 2020, effective 8/1/2020
43 CR 14, July 25, 2020, effective 8/15/2020
43 CR 17, September 10, 2020, effective 10/1/2020
43 CR 18, September 25, 2020, effective 11/1/2020
43 CR 22, November 25, 2020, effective 12/15/2020
43 CR 24, December 25, 2020, effective 1/15/2021
44 CR 03, February 10, 2021, effective 3/15/2021
44 CR 08, April 25, 2021, effective 5/15/2021
44 CR 09, May 10, 2021, effective 6/1/2021
44 CR 10, May 25, 2021, effective 6/14/2021
44 CR 10, May 25, 2021, effective 6/15/2021
44 CR 13, July 10, 2021, effective 8/1/2021
44 CR 15, August 10, 2021, effective 9/1/2021
44 CR 19, October 10, 2021, effective 11/1/2021
44 CR 21, November 10, 2021, effective 12/1/2021
44 CR 23, December 10, 2021, effective 12/30/2021
44 CR 21, November 10, 2021, effective 1/1/2022
44 CR 23, December 10, 2021, effective 1/15/2022
44 CR 24, December 25, 2021, effective 1/15/2022
45 CR 03, February 10, 2022, effective 3/2/2022
45 CR 08, April 25, 2022, effective 5/30/2022
45 CR 09, May 10, 2022, effective 5/30/2022
45 CR 10, May 25, 2022, effective 6/14/2022
45 CR 11, June 10, 2022, effective 6/30/2022
45 CR 11, June 10, 2022, effective 7/15/2022
45 CR 19, October 10, 2022, effective 11/1/2022
45 CR 20, October 25, 2022, effective 11/14/2022
45 CR 21, November 10, 2022, effective 11/30/2022
45 CR 24, December 25, 2022, effective 1/14/2023
46 CR 01, January 10, 2023, effective 2/14/2023
46 CR 06, March 25, 2023, effective 2/15/2023
46 CR 03, February 10, 2022, effective 3/2/2023
46 CR 04, February 25, 2023, effective 3/17/2023
46 CR 05, March 10, 2023, effective 4/15/2023
46 CR 09, May 10, 2023, effective 5/30/2023
46 CR 09, May 10, 2023, effective 6/1/2023
46 CR 10, May 25, 2023, effective 6/15/2023
46 CR 11, June 10, 2023, effective 6/30/2023