KRS 304.17A-720: Administrative regulations for standardized health claim attachments

-- Conformity with federal standards.

(1) In order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the health care system

through administrative simplification of billing requirem ents, the commissioner

shall prescribe, through the promulgation of administrative regulations,

standardized health claim attachments to be used by all insurers requiring additional

medical information to process health care claims. The Kentucky State Unif orm

Billing Committee shall make recommendations to the commissioner on the

standardization of attachments.

(2) Any administrative regulations that prescribe standardized health claim attachments

shall be updated to conform with federal standards following the release of national

requirements for transactions and data elements in accordance with the Federal

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 42 U.S.C. Chapter 6A,

Subchapter XXV, secs. 300gg et seq.