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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".06" citation="COMAR 10.09.40.06" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="40" heading="Payment Procedures.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Request for Payment.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Requests for payment of early intervention service coordination shall be submitted by an approved provider according to procedures established by the Department. The Department reserves the right to return to the provider, before payment, all claims not properly signed and completed.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A provider shall submit a request for payment on the claim form designated by the Department. A separate claim shall be submitted for each participant.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The completed claim form in §A(2)B of this regulation shall indicate the:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Date or dates of service;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Participant's name and Medical Assistance number;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Provider's name, location, and provider number; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Nature, unit or units, and procedure code or codes of covered services provided.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Providers shall bill the Program for the appropriate fee specified in §C of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The Program may not make direct payment to participants.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Billing Time Limitations. Billing time limitations shall be as set forth in COMAR 10.09.36.06.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Payment shall be made:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Only to a qualified provider for covered services rendered to a participant, as specified in these regulations;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Only to one provider of early intervention service coordination rendered to a participant during a billing period; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>According to the following fee-for-service schedule for early intervention service coordination:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Initial service coordination (only one unit of service may be reimbursed per participant) ... $500;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Ongoing service coordination (only one unit of service per month may be reimbursed for a participant after completion of initial service coordination or the annual IFSP review) ... $150;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Annual IFSP review ... $275 per review.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>