N.M. Admin. Code § 8.302.1.20

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 23, December 10, 2024

Section 8.302.1.20 - TERMINATION OF PROVIDER STATUS

A. Provider status may be terminated if the provider or MAD gives the other written notice of termination at least 60 calendar days before the effective termination date.

(1) Facility provider must also give at least 15 calendar days notice to the public by publishing a statement of the date services are no longer available at the facility in one or more newspapers of general circulation within the affected county or region.

(2) Normal termination and notice limits do not apply if the state survey agency or health care financing administration determines that the health and safety of residents in a nursing facility or intermediate care facility for the intellectually disabled or the children, youth and families department determines that the health and safety of children or adolescents in a residential treatment center, group home, or treatment foster care are in jeopardy.

B. Grounds for denial or revocation of enrollment: MAD may, with a 30-calendar days notice, deny or terminate a provider's enrollment in its medical assistance program including, but not limited to, medicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act) and other health insurance programs funded by the HCA, if any of the following are found to be applicable to the health care provider, their agent, a managing employee, or any person having an ownership interest equal to five percent or greater in the health care provider:

(1) misrepresentation by commission or omission of any information on the MAD provider participation agreement enrollment form;

(2) previous or current exclusion, suspension, termination from, or the involuntary withdrawal from participation in New Mexico medical assistance programs, any other states medicaid program, medicare, or any other public or private health or health insurance program;

(3) conviction under federal or state law of a criminal offense relating to the delivery of any goods, services, or supplies, including the performance of management or administrative services relating to the delivery of the goods, services, or supplies, under New Mexico medical assistance programs any other states medicaid program, medicare, or any other public or private health or health insurance program;

(4) conviction under federal or state law of a criminal offense relating to the neglect, or abuse of a patient in connection with the delivery of any goods, services, or supplies;

(5) conviction under federal or state law of a criminal offense relating to the unlawful manufacture, distribution, prescription or dispensing of a controlled substance;

(6) conviction under federal or state law of a criminal offense relating to fraud, theft, embezzlement, breach of fiduciary responsibility, or other financial misconduct;

(7) conviction under federal or state law of a criminal offense punishable by imprisonment of a year or more which involved moral turpitude, or acts against the elderly, children, or infirmed;

(8) conviction under federal or state law of a criminal offense in connection with the interference or obstruction of any investigation into any criminal offense listed in Paragraphs (3) through (9) of this subsection;

(9) sanction pursuant to a violation of federal or state laws or rules relative to New Mexico medical assistance programs, any other state's medicaid program, medicare, or any other public health care or health insurance program;

(10) violation of licensing or certification conditions or professional standards relating to the licensure or certification of health care providers or the required quality of goods, services, or supplies provided;

(11) failure to pay recovery properly assessed or pursuant to an approved repayment schedule under New Mexico medical assistance programs; and

(12) see 8.351.2 NMAC, Sanctions and Remedies, and 8.353.2 NMAC, Provider Hearings.

N.M. Admin. Code § 8.302.1.20

2-1-95, 2-1-99; 8.302.1.20 NMAC - Rn, 8 NMAC 4.MAD.701.11, 7-1-01; A, 9-15-08, Adopted by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXIII, Issue 24, December 27, 2022, eff. 1/1/2023, Amended by New Mexico Register, Volume XXXV, Issue 12, June 25, 2024, eff. 7/1/2024