Section 17-1736-13 - Application for provider participation(a) Any provider who wishes to provide care, goods, or services to receive reimbursement from the Hawaii medical assistance program, shall apply in writing to the med-QUEST division of DHS. The provider shall, at the request of the DHS med-QUEST administrator, supply all information requested concerning the provider's education and qualifications as a provider, financial status of the provider's practice, background history of the provider, and if the provider is required to maintain a license, the status of that license. The DHS med-QUEST administrator shall, in the administrator's sound discretion, have the right to approve or deny any application for certification as a provider under the Hawaii medical assistance program. If a provider is denied certification by the DHS med-QUEST administrator, the provider may request a fair hearing as provided by section 17-1736-33. Application forms to request certified provider status shall be furnished by the DHS med-QUEST administration.(b) Except for providers exempted in subsections (c) and (d), all providers participating or applying to participate in Hawaii's medical assistance program shall have a current and valid written agreement or contract on file with DHS. Failure to maintain such a contract shall constitute grounds for suspension, termination, or withholding payment of claims submitted under the Hawaii medical assistance program until a current and valid written agreement is signed and on file with DHS.(c) A provider outside of the State of Hawaii who furnishes goods and services authorized to be provided under the Hawaii medical assistance program to eligible Hawaii residents visiting in that state and urgently requiring care and services shall be exempt from the certification requirement so long as that provider is properly licensed to provide health care services in accordance with the laws of the provider's home state, and the provider is certified by Medicaid in the provider's home state to furnish the health care services actually rendered.(d) Provider outside of the State of Hawaii who satisfy the requirements of subsection (c) also furnish services not available in Hawaii to eligible Hawaii residents as long as that provider obtains prior oral or written authorization from the DHS med-QUEST division's medical consultant prior to providing the goods, care, and services that the provider deems necessary. The medical consultant granting the prior authorization shall immediately reduce the substance of the authorization into writing and mail a copy to the out-of-state provider.(e) Pharmacy providers who are the exclusive suppliers of prescribed drugs and supplies to a long term care facility shall apply for a separate provider agreement and provider number for each facility served as described in subsection (a).Haw. Code R. § 17-1736-13
[Eff 08/01/94; am 03/30/96; am 02/10/97] (Auth: HRS § 346-14) (Imp: 42 C.F.R. §§431.51, 447.15 )