2007 Minnesota Statutes

62J.536 UNIFORM ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE
STANDARDS.
    Subdivision 1. Electronic claims and eligibility transactions required. (a) Beginning
January 15, 2009, all group purchasers must accept from health care providers the eligibility for a
health plan transaction described under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 162, subpart
L. Beginning July 15, 2009, all group purchasers must accept from health care providers the
health care claims or equivalent encounter information transaction described under Code of
Federal Regulations, title 45, part 162, subpart K.
    (b) Beginning January 15, 2009, all group purchasers must transmit to providers the
eligibility for a health plan transaction described under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part
162, subpart L. Beginning December 1, 2009, all group purchasers must transmit to providers
the health care payment and remittance advice transaction described under Code of Federal
Regulations, title 45, part 162, subpart P.
    (c) Beginning January 15, 2009, all health care providers must submit to group purchasers
the eligibility for a health plan transaction described under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45,
part 162, subpart L. Beginning July 15, 2009, all health care providers must submit to group
purchasers the health care claims or equivalent encounter information transaction described under
Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 162, subpart K.
    (d) Beginning January 15, 2009, all health care providers must accept from group purchasers
the eligibility for a health plan transaction described under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45,
part 162, subpart L. Beginning December 15, 2009, all health care providers must accept from
group purchasers the health care payment and remittance advice transaction described under Code
of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 162, subpart P.
    (e) Each of the transactions described in paragraphs (a) to (d) shall require the use of a
single, uniform companion guide to the implementation guides described under Code of Federal
Regulations, title 45, part 162. The companion guides will be developed pursuant to subdivision 2.
    (f) Notwithstanding any other provisions in sections 62J.50 to 62J.61, all group purchasers
and health care providers must exchange claims and eligibility information electronically using
the transactions, companion guides, implementation guides, and timelines required under this
subdivision. Group purchasers may not impose any fee on providers for the use of the transactions
prescribed in this subdivision.
    (g) Nothing in this subdivision shall prohibit group purchasers and health care providers
from using a direct data entry, Web-based methodology for complying with the requirements of
this subdivision. Any direct data entry method for conducting the transactions specified in this
subdivision must be consistent with the data content component of the single, uniform companion
guides required in paragraph (e) and the implementation guides described under Code of Federal
Regulations, title 45, part 162.
    Subd. 2. Establishing uniform, standard companion guides. (a) At least 12 months prior
to the timelines required in subdivision 1, the commissioner of health shall promulgate rules
pursuant to section 62J.61 establishing and requiring group purchasers and health care providers
to use the transactions and the uniform, standard companion guides required under subdivision 1,
paragraph (e).
    (b) The commissioner of health must consult with the Minnesota Administrative Uniformity
Committee on the development of the single, uniform companion guides required under
subdivision 1, paragraph (e), for each of the transactions in subdivision 1. The single uniform
companion guides required under subdivision 1, paragraph (e), must specify uniform billing and
coding standards. The commissioner of health shall base the companion guides required under
subdivision 1, paragraph (e), billing and coding rules, and standards on the Medicare program,
with modifications that the commissioner deems appropriate after consulting the Minnesota
Administrative Uniformity Committee.
    (c) No group purchaser or health care provider may add to or modify the single, uniform
companion guides defined in subdivision 1, paragraph (e), through additional companion guides
or other requirements.
    (d) In promulgating the rules in paragraph (a), the commissioner shall not require data
content that is not essential to accomplish the purpose of the transactions in subdivision 1.
    Subd. 3. Definition. Notwithstanding section 62J.03, subdivision 8, for purposes of this
section, "health care provider" includes licensed nursing homes, licensed boarding care homes,
and licensed home care providers.
History: 2007 c 147 art 15 s 4