Payment, denial, or suspension of claims submitted by nursing facilities; time; interest
Ind. Code § 12-15-12.7-7
in effectSec. 7. (a) This section applies to claims submitted for payment under the program by a nursing facility participating in the program.
(b) The managed care organization shall pay, deny, or suspend each claim submitted by a nursing facility provider for payment under the program not later than:
(1) twenty-one (21) days after the claim was electronically filed; or
(2) thirty (30) days after a claim has been filed on paper;
from receipt by the managed care organization.
(c) If the managed care organization:
(1) fails to pay a clean claim in the time required under this section; or
(2) denies or suspends a claim that is subsequently determined to have been a clean claim when the claim was filed;
the managed care organization shall pay the provider interest on the Medicaid allowable amount of the claim as set forth in this section.
(d) Interest paid under subsection (c):
(1) accrues beginning:
(A) twenty-two (22) days from the date the claim is filed under subsection (b)(1); or
(B) thirty-one (31) days from the date the claim is filed under subsection (b)(2); and
(2) stops accruing on the date the managed care organization pays the claim.
(e) A managed care organization shall pay interest under subsection (c) to a provider at the rate established for Medicare overpayments and underpayments, as set forth in 42 CFR 405.378.
As added by P.L.174-2025, SEC.41.
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