Ohio's prompt pay law requires third-party payers to:
- Inform providers about supporting medical documentation
that is routinely required for a particular service. A description
of the supporting documentation must be available to providers
in a readily accessible format. (ORC
Section 3901.38 B (2) (d))
- Establish a claim status check system by which providers
and beneficiaries may determine the status of a particular
claim. (ORC Section
3901.387 (B))
- Automatically pay interest on claims that are not paid
in accordance with the time frames in Ohio's prompt pay law.
The interest rate is eighteen per cent annually.
- Provide requests for supporting documentation in writing
if requested.
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Adjustments of Previously Paid Claims
Claim payments that are made on or after July 24, 2002, are deemed
final two years after the payment is made. After that date,
the amount of the payment is not subject to adjustment, except
in the case of fraud by the provider. |
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of any part of a payment that the third-party payer determines
to be an overpayment if the recovery process is initiated not
later than two years after the payment was made to the provider. |
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Upon determination of an overpayment a third-party
payer shall send a notice to the provider that contains the following:
- The full name of the beneficiary who received the health
care services for which overpayment was made;
- The date or dates the services were provided;
- The amount of the overpayment;
- The claim number or other pertinent numbers;
- A detailed explanation of basis for the third-party payer's
determination of overpayment;
- The method in which payment was made, including, for tracking
purposes, the date of payment and, if applicable, the check
number;
- That the provider may appeal the third-party payer's determination
of overpayment, if the provider responds to the notice within
thirty (30) days;
- The method by which recovery of the overpayment would be
made, if recovery proceeds under division (B) of this section.
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