10A NCAC 45A .0405       BILLING THE PATIENT PROHIBITED

If a provider has accepted partial or total payment from the Department for particular services, the Department's reimbursement rate for those services shall be considered payment in full for those authorized services for all payment programs and the provider shall not bill the patient or his family for any amount exceeding the payment received.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 130A-5(3); 130A-124; 130A-127; 130A-129; 130A-205;

Eff. October 1, 1982;

Transferred and Recodified from 10 NCAC 4C .0405 Eff. April 4, 1990;

Amended Eff. January 1, 2014; April 1, 1995; December 1, 1990;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. January 13, 2015.