New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 311 - HOSPITAL SERVICES
Part 2 - HOSPITAL SERVICES
Section 8.311.2.13 - PRIOR AUTHORIZATION AND UTILIZATION REVIEW

Universal Citation: 8 NM Admin Code 8.311.2.13

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024

All MAD services are subject to utilization review for medical necessity and program compliance. Reviews may be performed before services are furnished, after services are furnished and before payment is made, or after payment is made. See 8.302.5 NMAC, Prior Authorization and Utilization Review. It is the provider's responsibility to access these instructions or ask for paper copies to be provided, to understand the information provided, to comply with the requirements, and to obtain answers to questions not covered by these materials. When services are billed to and paid by a coordinated services contractor authorized by HSD, the provider must follow that contractor's instructions for authorization of services.

A. Prior authorization: Certain procedures or services may require prior authorization from MAD or its designee. A procedure that requires prior authorization is primarily one for which the medical necessity may be uncertain, which may be for cosmetic purposes, or which may be of questionable effectiveness or long-term benefit.

(1) All transfers from one acute care DRG reimbursed hospital to another DRG reimbursed hospital.

(2) All inpatient stays for a PPS-exempt psychiatric unit of a general acute care hospital requires admission and continued stay reviews.

(3) All inpatient stays in a rehabilitation hospital, a PPS-exempt rehabilitation unit in a general acute care hospital, and an extended care or other specialty hospital requires admission and continued stay reviews.

(4) Outpatient physical, occupational, and speech therapies services require prior authorization.

(5) Services for which prior authorization was obtained remain subject to utilization review at any point in the payment process.

B. Eligibility determination: Prior authorization of services does not guarantee that an individual is eligible for MAD services. A provider must verify that an individual is eligible for the MAD services at the time services are furnished and determine if an eligible recipient has other health insurance.

C. Consideration: A provider who disagrees with a prior authorization request denial or another review decision may request a re-review and a reconsideration. See MAD-953, Reconsideration of Utilization Review Decisions.

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