The Legislature hereby finds that there is a need to provide guidelines regarding uniform health care administration in order to best serve consumers, health care providers and insurers and to organize and streamline the claims process. The purpose of this article is to authorize the insurance commissioner to develop standard forms and procedures regarding health […]
The provisions of this article apply to all health care providers in the state; all health insurers writing or issuing accident and sickness policies, including hospital service corporations, health service corporations, medical service corporations, dental service corporations and HMOs; all third party payers; all state agencies and departments, including, but not limited to, the public […]
(a) The commissioner shall propose rules for legislative approval, in accordance with the provisions of chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, regarding the implementation and use of uniform health care administrative forms. Such rules shall establish, where practicable, the acceptance and use throughout the health care system of standard administrative forms, terms or procedures, including, but […]
Any person, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, professional corporation, health care provider, insurer or other payer, or other entity violating any provision of this article shall be subject to a fine imposed by the commissioner of not more than $1000 for each violation and, in addition to or in lieu of any fine imposed, the […]
This article may be known as the "Uniform Health Care Administration Act."
