La. Admin. Code tit. 37 § III-1913
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
Section III-1913 - Choice of Health Care ProviderA. A patient entitled to future medical care and related benefits, as determined under Chapter 19, shall be entitled to evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment by the health care providers of the patient's choice provided, however, that the health care provider rendering such evaluation, diagnosis, or treatment shall be licensed to practice medicine in Louisiana or by the state in which the patient resides. Notwithstanding the patient's right to choose his health care provider, the amount which the fund shall be required to pay or reimburse any healthcare provider shall be the lesser of the provider's billed amount or the reimbursement schedule.La. Admin. Code tit. 37, § III-1913
Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Patients' Compensation Fund Oversight Board, LR 19:1567 (December 1993), amended LR 27:1889 (November 2001).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:1299.44(D)(3).