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New Mexico Statutes Chapter 13. Public Purchases and Property § 13-7-43. Dental coverage; erroneously paid claims; restrictions on recovery

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. Group coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act that offers a dental plan shall establish policies and procedures for payment recovery, including providing:

(1) notice to the provider that identifies the error made in the processing or payment of the claim;

(2) an explanation of the recovery being sought; and

(3) an opportunity for the provider to appeal the recovery being sought as set forth in Subsection C of this section.

B. Group coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act that offers a dental plan shall not initiate payment recovery procedures more than twenty-four months after the original payment for a claim was made unless the claim was fraudulent or intentionally misrepresented.

C. Group coverage, including any form of self-insurance, offered, issued or renewed under the Health Care Purchasing Act that offers a dental plan shall not attempt to recover an erroneously paid claim by withholding or reducing payment for a different claim unless the plan:

(1) notifies the provider, in writing, within twelve months of the erroneously paid claim; and

(2) advises the provider that an automatic deduction shall occur within forty-five days of receiving notification unless the provider submits a written appeal to the plan pursuant to the grievance rules prescribed by the superintendent of insurance.

D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to duplicate payments.

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