2007 Minnesota Statutes

62J.25 MANDATORY MEDICARE ASSIGNMENT.
(a) Effective January 1, 1993, a health care provider shall not charge to or collect from a
Medicare beneficiary who is a Minnesota resident any amount in excess of 115 percent of the
Medicare-approved amount for any Medicare-covered service provided.
(b) Effective January 1, 1994, a health care provider shall not charge to or collect from a
Medicare beneficiary who is a Minnesota resident any amount in excess of 110 percent of the
Medicare-approved amount for any Medicare-covered service provided.
(c) Effective January 1, 1995, a health care provider shall not charge to or collect from a
Medicare beneficiary who is a Minnesota resident any amount in excess of 105 percent of the
Medicare-approved amount for any Medicare-covered service provided.
(d) Effective January 1, 1996, a health care provider shall not charge to or collect from a
Medicare beneficiary who is a Minnesota resident any amount in excess of the Medicare-approved
amount for any Medicare-covered service provided.
(e) This section does not apply to ambulance services as defined in section 144E.001,
subdivision 3 , or medical supplies and equipment. A vendor of medical supplies and equipment
that does not accept assignment under the federal Medicare program with respect to a purchase or
lease of Medicare-covered supplies or equipment shall notify any purchaser who is a Medicare
beneficiary and Minnesota resident, prior to the purchase, or at any time upon the request of the
purchaser, that the vendor charges an amount in excess of the Medicare-approved amount.
History: 1992 c 549 art 1 s 13; 1997 c 199 s 14; 1997 c 225 art 2 s 23; 1998 c 339 s 1