Minnesota Session Laws - 1992, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1992 

                        CHAPTER 426-H.F.No. 2081 
           An act relating to health; modifying provider appeal 
          requirements for medical assistance; amending 
          Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 256B.50, subdivision 
          1b. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1990, section 256B.50, 
subdivision 1b, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 1b.  [FILING AN APPEAL.] To appeal, the provider 
shall file with the commissioner a written notice of appeal; the 
appeal must be received by the commissioner postmarked within 60 
days of the date the determination of the payment rate was 
mailed.  The notice of appeal must specify each disputed item; 
the reason for the dispute; the total dollar amount in dispute 
for each separate disallowance, allocation, or adjustment of 
each cost item or part of a cost item; the computation that the 
provider believes is correct; the authority in statute or rule 
upon which the provider relies for each disputed item; the name 
and address of the person or firm with whom contacts may be made 
regarding the appeal; and other information required by the 
commissioner. 
      The commissioner shall review an appeal by a nursing 
facility, if the appeal was sent by certified mail and 
postmarked prior to August 1, 1991, and would have been received 
by the commissioner within the 60-day deadline if it had not 
been delayed due to an error by the postal service. 
    Presented to the governor April 6, 1992 
    Signed by the governor April 8, 1992, 5:12 p.m.