S.D. Admin. R. tit. 20, art. 20:06, ch. 20:06:21, app H

Current through Register Vol. 51, page 57, November 12, 2024
Appendix H - Sample Claims Denial Format

Claims Denial Reporting Form

Long-Term Care Insurance

For the State of ____________________

For the Reporting Year of ____________

Company Name: ______________________________________________ Due: June 30 annually

Company

Address: _______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Company NAIC

Number: _______________________________________________________________________

Contact Person: _____________________________________ Phone Number: ______________

Line of Business: Individual Group

Instructions

The purpose of this form is to report all long-term care claim denials under in force long-term care insurance policies.

Indicate the manner of reporting by checking one of the boxes below:

[] Per Claimant -- counts each individual who makes one or a series of claim requests.

[] Per Transaction -- counts each claim payment request.

"Denied" means a claim that is not paid for any reason other than for claims not paid for failure to meet the waiting period or because of an applicable preexisting condition. It does not include a request for payment that is in excess of the applicable contractual limits.

Inforce Data

State

Data

Nationwide Data

Total Number of Inforce Policies [Certificates] as of December 31

Claims & Denial Data

State

Data

Nationwide

Data1

1

Total Number of Long-Term Care Claims Reported

2

Total Number of Long-Term Care Claims Denied/Not Paid

3

Number of Claims Not Paid due to Preexisting Condition

Exclusion

4

Number of Claims Not Paid due to Waiting (Elimination) Period

Not Met

5

Net Number of Long-Term Care Claims Denied for Reporting

Purposes (Line 2 Minus Line 3 Minus Line 4)

6

Percentage of Long-Term Care Claims Denied of Those

Reported (Line 5 Divided By Line 1)

7

Number of Long-Term Care Claims Denied due to:

8

. Long-Term Care Services Not Covered under the Policy2

9

. Provider/Facility Not Qualified under the Policy3

10

. Benefit Eligibility Criteria Not Met4

11

. Other

1.

The nationwide data may be viewed as a more representative and credible indicator

where the data for claims reported and denied for your state are small in number.

2.

Example-home health care claim filed under a nursing home only policy.

3.

Example-a facility that does not meet the minimum level of care requirements or the

licensing requirements as outlined in the policy.

4.

Examples-a benefit trigger not met, certification by a licensed health care practitioner

not provided, no plan of care.

S.D. Admin. R. tit. 20, art. 20:06, ch. 20:06:21, app H

28 SDR 157, effective 5/19/2002; 36 SDR 209, effective 7/1/2010.