Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 13, 2010 |
print number 6189a |
May 13, 2010 |
amend (t) and recommit to insurance |
Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to insurance |
Sep 25, 2009 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6189
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Insurance Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Bill Amendments
2009-S6189 - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3224-b, Ins L
2009-S6189 - Summary
Relates to insurer recovery from health care providers; provides that except where there is a reasonable belief of fraud or intentional misconduct, a health plan shall not determine an overpayment amount through the use of extrapolation except with the consent of the health care provider.
2009-S6189 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6189 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to overpayment recovery efforts initiated by insurers and HMOs PURPOSE OF BILL : This bill eliminates the definition of the term abusive billing as it relates to an insurers' ability to look back at past billing practices that are over 24 months old. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1: Amends Insurance Law section 3224-b to remove the term "abusive billing" from the law. This provision relates to an insurers' ability to demand repayment from a health care provider on a bill that was paid for medical care by an insurer over 24 months before the overpayment recovery efforts were initiated by the insurer against the health care provider. Section 2: Effective Date. JUSTIFICATION :
2009-S6189 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6189 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E September 25, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to overpayment recovery efforts initiated by insurers and HMOs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 3224-b of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 237 of the laws of 2009, is amended to read as follows: (b) Overpayments to health care providers. (1) Other than recovery for duplicate payments, a health plan shall provide thirty days written notice to health care providers before engaging in additional overpay- ment recovery efforts seeking recovery of the overpayment of claims to such health care providers. Such notice shall state the patient name, service date, payment amount, proposed adjustment, and a reasonably specific explanation of the proposed adjustment. (2) A health plan shall provide a health care provider with the oppor- tunity to challenge an overpayment recovery, including the sharing of claims information, and shall establish written policies and procedures for health care providers to follow to challenge an overpayment recov- ery. Such challenge shall set forth the specific grounds on which the provider is challenging the overpayment recovery. (3) A health plan shall not initiate overpayment recovery efforts more than twenty-four months after the original payment was received by a health care provider. However, no such time limit shall apply to over- payment recovery efforts that are: (i) based on a reasonable belief of fraud or other intentional misconduct, [or abusive billing,] (ii) required by, or initiated at the request of, a self-insured plan, or (iii) required or authorized by a state or federal government program or coverage that is provided by this state or a municipality thereof to its respective employees, retirees or members. Notwithstanding the aforemen- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14660-02-9
2009-S6189A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Insurance
- Law Section:
- Insurance Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3224-b, Ins L
2009-S6189A (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to insurer recovery from health care providers; provides that except where there is a reasonable belief of fraud or intentional misconduct, a health plan shall not determine an overpayment amount through the use of extrapolation except with the consent of the health care provider.
2009-S6189A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6189A TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the insurance law, in relation to insurer recovery from health care providers PURPOSE OF BILL : This bill eliminates the definition of the term abusive billing as it relates to an insurers' ability to look back at past billing practices. Further it should help to enable fair and equitable resolution of allegations by insurers that a health care provider has been overpaid for past benefit claims. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1: Amends Insurance Law section 3224-b to remove the term "abusive billing" from the law. This provision relates to an insurers' ability to demand repayment from a health care provider on a bill that was paid for medical care by an insurer over 24 months before the overpayment recovery efforts were initiated by the insurer against the health care provider. This bill also reduces the look back period of time from 24 months to 12 months and adds a new paragraphs 6 and 7 to provide further safeguards to protect health care providers when being audited by an
2009-S6189A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6189--A 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E September 25, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KLEIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Insurance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the insurance law, in relation to insurer recovery from health care providers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subsection (b) of section 3224-b of the insurance law, as amended by chapter 237 of the laws of 2009, is amended and two new paragraphs 6 and 7 are added to read as follows: (3) A health plan shall not initiate overpayment recovery efforts more than [twenty-four] TWELVE months after the original payment was received by a health care provider. However, no such time limit shall apply to overpayment recovery efforts that are: (i) based on a reasonable belief of fraud or other intentional misconduct[, or abusive billing], (ii) required by, or initiated at the request of, a self-insured plan, or (iii) required or authorized by a state or federal government program or coverage that is provided by this state or a municipality thereof to its respective employees, retirees or members. Notwithstanding the aforemen- tioned time limitations, in the event that a health care provider asserts that a health plan has underpaid a claim or claims, the health plan may defend or set off such assertion of underpayment based on over- payments going back in time as far as the claimed underpayment. [For purposes of this paragraph, "abusive billing" shall be defined as a billing practice which results in the submission of claims that are not consistent with sound fiscal, business, or medical practices and at such frequency and for such a period of time as to reflect a consistent course of conduct.] EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14660-03-0
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