Section 418.101203. Carrier's technical health care review program.  


Latest version.

All data is extracted from pdf, click here to view the pdf.

  • Under the technical health care review program, the carrier shall do all of the following:

    (a)   Determine the accuracy of the procedure coding. If  the   carrier determines, based upon review of the bill and any related material which describes the procedure performed, that the procedure is incorrectly or incompletely coded, then the carrier may re-code the procedure, but shall notify the provider of the reasons for the recoding within 30 days of receipt of the bill under part 13 of these rules.

    (b)    Determine that the amount billed for a procedure does not exceed the maximum allowable payment established by these rules. If the amount billed for a procedure exceeds the maximum allowable payment, then the carrier shall reimburse the maximum allowable payment for that procedure.

    (c)    Identify those bills and case records which, under R 418.101205, shall be subject to professional health care review.

History: 1998-2000 AACS.