Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 176o - Health Insurance Consumer Protections
Section 5b - Policies and Procedures to Enforce Sec. 5a

Section 5B. To ensure uniformity and consistency in the submission and processing of claims for health care services pursuant to section 5A, the bureau of managed care within the division of insurance, after consultation with a statewide advisory committee including, but not limited to, representatives of the Massachusetts Hospital Association, the Massachusetts Medical Society, the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Health Information Management Association, the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium, a representative of America's Health Insurance Plans, a representative of a MassHealth contracted managed care organization, the executive office of health and human services, the center for health information and analysis, the house of representatives and the senate, shall adopt policies and procedures to enforce said section 5A. The policies and procedures shall include a system for reporting inconsistencies related to a carrier's compliance with said section 5A. The bureau shall work jointly with the executive office of health and human services to resolve reports of noncompliance with the requirements of section 61 of chapter 118E. The bureau shall convene the advisory committee annually to review and discuss issues reported by health care providers pursuant to this section and to discuss further recommendations to improve the uniformity and consistency of the reporting of patient diagnostic information and patient care service and procedure information as it relates to the submission and processing of health care claims.

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