2005 Minnesota Statutes

     62Q.251 Discounted payments. 

    (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a health 
 care provider may provide care to a patient at a discounted 
 payment amount.  

    (b) A health plan company or other insurer must not 
 consider, in determining a provider's usual and customary 
 payment, standard payment, or allowable payment used as a basis 
 for determining the provider's payment by the health plan 
 company or other insurer, the following discounted payment 
 situations: 

    (1) care provided to relatives of the provider; 

    (2) care for which a discount is given for hardship 
 situations; and 

    (3) care for which a discount is given in exchange for cash 
 payment. 

    (c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a provider from 
 providing charity care for hardship situations in which the care 
 is provided for free. 

    HIST: 2005 c 147 art 11 s 3; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 8 s 3