Common use of Payments for Indian Health Care Providers Clause in Contracts

Payments for Indian Health Care Providers. A. Contractor shall make payment to all Indian Health Care Providers (IHCPs) in its network in a timely manner as required for payments to practitioners in individual or group practices under 42 §§ C.F.R. 447.54 and 447.46 including paying 90% of all clean claims from practitioners within 30 days of the date of receipt and paying 99 percent of all clean claims from practitioners within 90 days of the date of receipt. (42 C.F.R. 438.14(b)(2).) B. Contractor shall pay an IHCP that is not enrolled as a FQHC, regardless of whether it is a network provider of the Contractor, its applicable encounter rate published annually in the Federal Register by the Indian Health Service or in the absence of a published encounter rate, the amount the IHPC would receive if the services were provided under the State plan’s fee-for-service methodology. (42 C.F.R. § 438.14 (c)(2).)

Payments for Indian Health Care Providers. A. Contractor shall make payment to all Indian Health Care Providers (IHCPs) in its network in a timely manner as required for payments to practitioners in individual or group practices under 42 §§ C.F.R. 447.54 447.4554 and 447.46 including paying 90% of all clean claims from practitioners within 30 days of the date of receipt and paying 99 percent of all clean claims from practitioners within 90 days of the date of receipt. (42 C.F.R. 438.14(b)(2).) B. Contractor shall pay an IHCP that is not enrolled as a FQHC, regardless of whether it is a network provider of the Contractor, its applicable encounter rate published annually in the Federal Register by the Indian Health Service or in the absence of a published encounter rate, the amount the IHPC would receive if the services were provided under the State plan’s fee-for-service methodology. (42 C.F.R. § 438.14 (c)(2).)