Common use of Inappropriate Payment Denials Clause in Contracts

Inappropriate Payment Denials. HMOs that inappropriately fail to provide or deny payments for services may be subject to suspension of new enrollments, withholding, in full or in part, of capitation payments, contract termination, or refusal to contract in a future time period, as determined by the Department. The Department will select among these sanctions based upon the nature of the services in question, whether the failure or denial was an isolated instance or a repeated pattern or practice, and whether the health of an enrollee was injured, threatened or jeopardized by the failure or denial. These sanctions apply not only to cases where the Department has ordered payment after appeal, but also to cases where no appeal was made (i.e., the Department knows about the documented abuse from other sources).

Inappropriate Payment Denials. HMOs that inappropriately fail to provide or deny payments for services may be subject to suspension of new enrollments, withholding, in full or in part, of capitation payments, contract termination, or refusal to contract in a future time period, as determined by the Department. The Department will select among these sanctions based upon the nature of the services in question, whether the failure or denial was an isolated instance or a repeated pattern or practice, and whether the health of an enrollee was injured, threatened or jeopardized by the failure or denial. These sanctions apply This applies not only to cases where the Department has ordered payment after appeal, but also to cases where no appeal was has been made (i.e., the Department knows is knowledgeable about the documented abuse from other sources).

Inappropriate Payment Denials. HMOs The HMO that inappropriately fail fails to provide or deny payments for services may be subject to suspension of new enrollments, withholding, in full or in part, of capitation payments, contract termination, or refusal to contract in a future time period, as determined by the Department. The Department will select among these sanctions based upon the nature of the services in question, whether the failure or of denial was an isolated instance or a repeated pattern or practice, and whether the health of an enrollee a member was injured, threatened or jeopardized by the failure or denial. These sanctions apply not only to cases where the Department has ordered payment after appeal, but also to cases where no appeal was made (i.e., the Department knows about the documented abuse from other sources).