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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".10" citation="COMAR 31.10.11.10" title_num="31" subtitle_num="10" chapter_num="11" heading="Attachments to Uniform Claims Forms.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>A third-party payor may require a health care practitioner, hospital, or person entitled to reimbursement to include any of the following attachments to a HCFA Form UB-92 or HCFA Form 1500, respectively, for a claim to qualify as a clean claim:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>A referral or consultant treatment plan submitted by the specialist, if the claim is for specialty services under an HMO plan or in-network point-of-service plan, unless the third-party payor requires the provider of primary care services to submit directly to it the referral or consultant treatment plan for specialty services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An explanation of benefits statement from the primary payor to the secondary payor, unless an electronic remittance notice has been sent by the primary payor to the secondary payor;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A Medicare remittance notice, if the claim involves Medicare as a primary payor and the third-party payor provides evidence that it does not have a crossover agreement to accept an electronic remittance notice;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A description of the procedure or service, which may include the medical record, if a procedure or service rendered has no corresponding Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) or HCPCS code, or additional description information relating to a CDT code;;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Operative notes, if the claim is for multiple surgeries, or includes modifier 22, 58, 62, 66, 78, 80, 81, or 82;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Anesthesia records documenting the time spent on the service, if the claim for anesthesia services rendered includes modifiers P4 or P5;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>Documents referenced as contractual requirements in the global contract, if there is a global contract between a third-party payor and a health care practitioner, hospital, or person entitled to reimbursement;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>An ambulance trip report, if the claim is for ambulance services submitted by an ambulance company licensed by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>Office visit notes, if the claim includes modifier 21 or 22;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>Information related to the audit as specified in writing by the third-party payor, if the third-party payor's audit of the health care practitioner, hospital, or person entitled to reimbursement demonstrated a pattern of fraud, improper billing, or improper coding;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>Admitting notes, except in the case of services rendered in accordance with Health-General Article, §§19-701(d) and 19-712.5, Annotated Code of Maryland, if the claim is for inpatient services provided outside of the time or scope of the authorization;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>Physician notes, except in the case of services rendered in accordance with Health-General Article, §§19-701(d) and 19-712.5, Annotated Code of Maryland, if the claim for services provided is outside of the time or scope of the authorization, or when there is an authorization in dispute;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>Itemized bills, except in the case of services rendered in accordance with Health-General Article, §§19-701(d) and 19-712.5, Annotated Code of Maryland, if the claim is for services:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Rendered in a hospital and the hospital claim has no prior authorization for admission, or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Inconsistent with a third-party payor's concurrent review determination rendered before the delivery of services, regarding the medical necessity of the service;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>Adjunct claims documentation pursuant to Health-General Article, §19-710.1(b)(3), Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>A treatment plan from a child’s health care practitioner that includes one or more specific treatment goals, if the claim is for habilitative services for a child diagnosed with autism or autism spectrum disorder.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>In its manual, or other document that sets forth the claim filing procedures pursuant to Insurance Article, §15-1004(d), Annotated Code of Maryland, a third-party payor shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>List the attachments to an HCFA Form UB-92 or HCFA Form 1500 that it may require under §A of this regulation for a claim to qualify as a clean claim; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Describe the circumstances under which each attachment may be required.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A third-party payor may accept any additional attachments with the HCFA Form 1500 or HCFA Form UB-92.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>