Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 144 - Health Department
Chapter 4685 - HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
COORDINATION OF BENEFITS
Part 4685.0905 - PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY

A. permit, but not require, plans to include a coordination of benefits provision;

B. establish the order in which plans pay claims;

C. provide the authority for the orderly transfer of information needed to pay claims promptly;

D. reduce duplication of benefits by permitting a reduction of the benefits paid by a plan when the plan does not have to pay its benefits first;

E. reduce delays in payment of claims; and

F. make all contracts that contain a coordination of benefits provision consistent with this regulation.