CHAPTER 58

H.P. 433 - L.D. 600

An Act To Save the Health Care System Money by Ensuring

Timely Denials of Claims

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §2436, sub-§1-A is enacted to read:

1-A. A claimant, including a health care provider, may submit simultaneously a claim for payment with all carriers potentially liable for payment of the claim whether primary or secondary.__ Payment or denial of a claim by each carrier must be made within 30 calendar days after the carrier has received all information needed to pay or deny the claim whether or not another carrier with which it is attempting to coordinate has acted on the claim.__ Any payment made must be in accordance with rules adopted by the superintendent relative to coordination of benefits.