Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 37 - INSURANCE Part
Part XIII - Regulations
Chapter 60 - Regulation 74-Payment of Health Coverage Claims
Section XIII-6007 - Nonelectronic Claim Submission Standards

1. Any claim submitted by a contracted health care provider within 45 days of the date of service or discharge shall be paid to the claimant not more than 45 days from the date upon which a clean claim is received by a health insurance issuer or its legal agent, for an allowable expense on behalf of a covered person, unless just and reasonable grounds such as would put a reasonable and prudent businessman on his guard exist.

2. Any claim submitted by a health care provider more than 45 days after the date of service or discharge or resubmitted because the original claim was incomplete or incorrect shall be paid to the claimant not more than 60 days from the date upon which a clean claim is received by a health insurance issuer or its legal agent, unless just and reasonable grounds such as would put a reasonable and prudent businessman on his guard exist.

1. Any claim for health insurance coverage benefits, whether submitted for payment by a covered person or by the health care provider rendering covered medical services that are not otherwise payable to the provider under a medical service contract with the health insurance issuer, shall be paid to the claimant not more than 30 days from the date upon which a clean claim is received by a health insurance issuer or its legal agent, unless just and reasonable grounds such as would put a reasonable and prudent businessman on his guard exist.