New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 11 - INSURANCE
Chapter 22 - HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS
Subchapter 1 - PROMPT PAYMENT OF CLAIMS
Section 11:22-1.3 - Acknowledgement of receipt of claims

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 11:22-1.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024

(a) A carrier or its agent shall acknowledge receipt of all claims. The acknowledgement shall include the date the carrier or its agent received the claim.

1. If a claim is submitted by electronic means, the claim shall be acknowledged electronically no later than two working days following receipt of the claim. The acknowledgement of receipt of an electronic claim shall go to the entity from which the carrier received the claim.

2. If a claim is submitted by written notice, the claim shall be acknowledged no later than 15 working days following receipt of the claim.

(b) If a carrier or its agent remits payment within two working days of receipt of a claim submitted electronically, or 15 working days of receipt of a claim submitted by written notice, and such payment includes the date of receipt of the claim, the payment shall constitute acknowledgement of receipt.

(c) If a carrier offers providers web-based access to claims status, the available information shall include the date of receipt of the claims. Such information, if posted within the timelines established in (a)2 above, shall constitute acknowledgement of receipt of those claims.

(d) If a carrier offers providers access to claims status via an automated telephone system, and the available information includes the date of receipt of the claims, and that information is made available within the timelines established in (a)2 above, the posting of that information shall constitute acknowledgement of receipt of those claims.

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