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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Any health insurer, including a self-insured plan, group health plan, as defined in Section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 1 service benefit plan, managed care organization, health care center, pharmacy benefit manager, dental benefit manager or other party that is, by statute, contract or agreement, legally responsible for payment of a claim for a health care item or service, and which may or may not be financially at risk for the cost of a health care item or service, shall, as a condition of doing business in the state, be required to:
(1) Provide, with respect to an individual who is eligible for, or is provided, medical assistance under the Medicaid state plan, to all third-party administrators, pharmacy benefit managers, dental benefit managers or other entities with which the health insurer has a contract or arrangement to adjudicate claims for a health care item or service, and to the Commissioner of Social Services, or the commissioner's designee, any and all information in a manner and format prescribed by the commissioner, or commissioner's designee, necessary to determine when the individual, his or her spouse or the individual's dependents may be or have been covered by a health insurer and the nature of the coverage that is or was provided by such health insurer including the name, address and identifying number of the plan;
(2) Accept the state's right of recovery and the assignment to the state of any right of an individual or other entity to payment from the health insurer for an item or service for which payment has been made under the Medicaid state plan;
(3) Respond not later than sixty days after receiving any inquiry from the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, regarding a claim for payment for any health care item or service that is submitted not later than three years after the date of the provision of the item or service; and
(4) Agree (A) to accept authorization provided by the Department of Social Services that an item or service is covered under the Medicaid state plan, or a waiver of such plan, as if such authorization were the prior authorization made by such health insurer for such item or service, and (B) not to deny a claim submitted by the state solely on the basis of the date of submission of the claim, the type or format of the claim form or a failure to present proper documentation at the point-of-sale that is the basis of the claim, if (i) the claim is submitted by the state or its agent within the three-year period beginning on the date on which the item or service was furnished; and (ii) any legal action by the state to enforce its rights with respect to such claim is commenced within six years of the state's submission of such claim.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 17B. Social Services § 17b-265g. Health insurer. Duties owed to the state and Commissioner of Social Services - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-17b-social-services/ct-gen-st-sect-17b-265g/
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