New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 302 - MEDICAID GENERAL PROVIDER POLICIES
Part 2 - BILLING FOR MEDICAID SERVICES
Section 8.302.2.10 - BILLING INFORMATION

A. Billing for services: MAD only makes payment to a provider or to the following individuals or organizations for services:

B. Billing for services from group practitioners or employers of practitioners: MAD may make payments to a group practice and to an employer of an individual practitioner if the practitioner is required to turn over his fees to the employer as a condition of employment. See 42 CFR 447.10(g) (2) (3). MAD may make payments to a facility where the services are furnished or to a foundation, plan, or similar organization operating as an organized health care delivery system if the facility, foundation, plan, or organization is required by contract to submit claims for an individual practitioner.

C. Billing for referral services: A referring provider must submit to the provider receiving the referral, specimen, image, or other record, all information necessary for the provider rendering the service to bill MAD within specified time limits. An eligible recipient or their authorized representative or MAD is not responsible for payment if the provider rendering the service fails to obtain this information from the referring provider. Ordering, referring, prescribing, rendering and attending providers must participate in a MCO or the MAD (FFS) program, or otherwise be identifiable as a participating, out-of-network, or in-network provider for services, as determined by MAD.

D. Hospital-based services: For services that are hospital based, the hospital must provide MAP recipient eligibility and billing information to providers of services within the hospital, including professional components, hospital emergency room (ER) physicians, hospital anesthesiologists, and other practitioners for whom the hospital performs admission, patient registration, or the patient intake process. An eligible recipient, member or his or her authorized representative, or MAD is not responsible for payment if the hospital-based provider does not obtain this information from the hospital as necessary to bill within the specified time limits.

E. Coordinated service contractors: Some MAD services are managed by a coordinated service contractor. Contracted services may include behavioral health services, dental services, physical health services, transportation, pharmacy or other benefits as designated by the MAD. The coordinated service contractor may be responsible for any or all aspects of program management, prior authorization, (UR), claims processing, and issuance of remittance advices and payments. A provider must submit claims to the appropriate coordinated service contractor as directed by MAD.

F. Reporting of service units: A provider must correctly report service units.

G. MAD requires co-payments for specific services under the medicaid managed care program. The rules for medicaid managed care co-payments, including the co-payment amounts, co-payment exemptions, provider responsibilities, and member rights and responsibilities, are detailed at 8.308.14 NMAC.

H. Billing state gross receipts tax: For providers subject and registered to pay, gross receipts tax, the provider may include gross receipt tax in the billed amount when the tax applies to the item or service. The provider may only bill tax to the extent the tax is also charged to the general public. A provider may not include gross receipts tax in the billed amount when the provider is not obligated to pay gross receipts tax to the state.