2015 US Code
Title 25 - Indians (Sections 1 - 4307)
Chapter 18 - Indian Health Care (Sections 1601 - 1683)
Subchapter II - Health Services (Sections 1621 - 1623)
Sec. 1621s - Prompt action on payment of claims
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 25 - INDIANS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 25 - INDIANS CHAPTER 18 - INDIAN HEALTH CARE SUBCHAPTER II - HEALTH SERVICES Sec. 1621s - Prompt action on payment of claims |
| Contains | section 1621s |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 94-437, title II, §220, as added Pub. L. 102-573, title II, §215, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4558. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 106 Stat. 4558 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 94-437, Public Law 102-573 |
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The Service shall respond to a notification of a claim by a provider of a contract care service with either an individual purchase order or a denial of the claim within 5 working days after the receipt of such notification.
(b) Failure to timely respondIf the Service fails to respond to a notification of a claim in accordance with subsection (a), the Service shall accept as valid the claim submitted by the provider of a contract care service.
(c) Time of paymentThe Service shall pay a completed contract care service claim within 30 days after completion of the claim.
(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, §220, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, §215, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4558.)
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