La. Admin. Code tit. 37 § XIII-2313

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XIII-2313 - General Provisions

A. A health care provider or institutional care provider shall file a claim in a manner consistent with the requirements of this regulation which are:

1. a paper form printed on 8.5-inch paper;

2. an electronically transmitted claim.

B. An issuer shall accept a form which is submitted in compliance with this regulation for the processing of the insured's or beneficiaries' claims.

C. Nothing in this regulation shall prevent an issuer from requesting additional information which is not contained on the forms required under this regulation to determine eligibility of the claim for payment if required under the terms of the policy or certificate issued to the claimant.

D. All health care providers and institutional care providers shall:

1. use the most current editions of the HCFA approved Form 1500, HCFA Form UB92, or J512 Form and most current instructions for these forms in the billing of patients or their representatives and filing claims with issuers;

2. modify their billing practices to encompass the coding charges for all billing and claim filing by the effective date of the changes set forth by the developers of the forms, codes, and procedures required under this regulation.

E. Submitted billing and claim filing forms not complying with the minimum requirements of this regulation shall be considered to be in noncompliance with the regulation and issuers shall have the right to deny reimbursement until such time as the forms are in compliance with this regulation.

La. Admin. Code tit. 37, § XIII-2313

Promulgated by the Department of Insurance, Office of the Commissioner, LR 20:195 (February 1994), amended LR 20:1126 (October 1994).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S.22:10, 22:213(A)(14), and 22:3016(C) of the Insurance Code.