(a) The Crime Victims Reparations Board shall award payment for a healthcare service under this subchapter in the same manner as the medical fee schedule established for workers' compensation claims under § 11-9-517.
(b)
(1) The board, a claimant, or a victim is not liable for healthcare service charges in excess of the medical fee schedule under subsection (a) of this section.
(2) A healthcare provider shall accept payment from the board as payment in full for healthcare service charges unless an investigation of the healthcare service charges by the board determines that there is a reasonable healthcare justification for a deviation from the medical fee schedule.
(c) The board may contract with a third-party vendor to process payment for healthcare services under this subchapter.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally
Chapter 90 - Judgment and Sentence Generally
Subchapter 7 - Arkansas Crime Victims Reparations Act
§ 16-90-702. Legislative intent
§ 16-90-705. Crime Victims Reparations Board
§ 16-90-706. Powers of board — Logistical support
§ 16-90-707. Annual report by board
§ 16-90-708. Application forms — Cooperation by applicant
§ 16-90-709. Proceedings and record — Settlement of claims
§ 16-90-710. Waiver of physician-patient privilege — Examinations and reports
§ 16-90-711. Confidential information
§ 16-90-712. Conditions for reparations — Changes in awards
§ 16-90-713. Awards apart from prosecution
§ 16-90-714. Subrogation of state to claimant's rights
§ 16-90-715. Action by state against convicted person for recovery of reparations
§ 16-90-716. Limitation on reparations — Manner of payment
§ 16-90-717. Crime Victims Reparations Revolving Fund
§ 16-90-719. Property damage — Reparations — Intent
§ 16-90-720. Payment for heathcare service — Schedule established — Third-party vendor authorized