New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-W - Former Division of Human Services
Chapter He-W 500 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Part He-W 543 - HOSPITAL SERVICES
Section He-W 543.13 - Payment for Services

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules He-W 543.13

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

(a) Payment for hospital services shall be made at rates established by the department in accordance with RSA 161:4, VI(a) .

(b) Hospital providers shall submit claims for payment to the department's fiscal agent using the form currently designated and approved by CMS for this purpose.

(c) Hospital providers billing for newborns who do not have their own medicaid identification number shall complete the claim form as follows:

(1) The newborn's name shall be entered in the patient field;

(2) The medicaid identification number field shall be left blank; and

(3) The mother's name and medicaid identification number shall be entered in the remarks section.

(d) Payment for inpatient hospital services shall be made for acute care days of stay only when approved by the department or its designated QIO.

(e) All outpatient hospital services rendered to a medicaid recipient within 3 calendar days prior to his or her inpatient admission, with a calendar day beginning at 12:00 AM and ending at 11:59 PM, shall be inclusive of the inpatient payment and not be billed separately, with the exception of:

(1) Prenatal outpatient services; and

(2) Diagnostic and nondiagnostic outpatient services that are unrelated to the recipient's inpatient hospital admission.

#9324, eff 11-21-08 (from He-W 543.11)

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