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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".07" citation="COMAR 10.09.14.07" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="14" heading="Payment Procedures.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Form for Request for Payment.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The provider shall submit a request for payment on the form designated by the Department.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The request for payment shall document the following, when applicable:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Preauthorization;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Prescriptions;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Need for combination or metal frame;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Laboratory invoices.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The Department reserves the right to return to the provider, before payment, all invoices not properly completed.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The provider shall charge the Program the provider’s customary charge to the general public for similar professional services. If the service is free to individuals not covered by Medicaid:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The provider:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>May charge the Program; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Shall be reimbursed in accordance with §F of this regulation;and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The provider’s reimbursement is not limited to the provider’s customary charge.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The provider shall charge acquisition cost for eyeglass frames, eyeglass lenses, contact lenses, and other optical aids.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Vision care services are reimbursed according to COMAR 10.09.23.01-1.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The Department will pay professional fees for covered services at the lesser of:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The provider’s customary charge to the general public unless the service is free to individuals not covered by Medicaid; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The Department's fee schedule.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The Department will pay for materials at acquisition costs not to exceed the maximums established by the Department.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>Payments on Medicare claims are authorized if:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The provider accepts Medicare assignments;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Medicare makes direct payment to the provider;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Medicare has determined that services were medically justified;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Services are covered by the Program;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Initial billing is made directly to Medicare according to Medicare guidelines.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="I.">
    <text>Supplemental payment on Medicare claims is made subject to the limitations of the State budget and the following provisions:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Deductible insurance will be paid in full;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Beginning with August 1, 2010 dates of service, coinsurance shall be paid:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>In full for the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Mental health services;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>CPT codes that are priced by report;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Claims for anesthesia services;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Claims from a federally qualified health center; and</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>HCPCS codes beginning with A through W; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>For all other claims, at the lesser of:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>100 percent of the coinsurance amount; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>The balance remaining after the Medicare payment is subtracted from the Medicaid rate; and</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Services not covered by Medicare, but covered by the Program, according to §E, of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="J.">
    <text>The provider may not bill the Department for:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Services rendered by mail or telephone;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Completion of forms and reports;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Broken or missed appointments; or</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Providing a copy of a recipient's patient record when requested by another licensed provider on behalf of the recipient.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="K.">
    <text>The Department's payment for lenses, frames, case, fitting, and dispensing covers any routine follow-up and adjustments for 60 days, and no additional fees will be paid.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="L.">
    <text>The Department will make no direct payment to the recipient.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="M.">
    <text>Payment for contact lenses is made as follows:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>For the prescription, fitting, training, and adaptation of contact lenses which includes the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Specification of optical and physical characteristics;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Fitting of lenses to the wearer;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Training of the wearer;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Incidental revision of the lenses during training; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Adaptation of the lenses to the wearer;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>For the supply of contact lenses; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>For the follow-up of successfully fitted extended wear lenses.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="N.">
    <text>Billing time limitations for claims submitted pursuant to this chapter are set forth in COMAR 10.09.36.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>