{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-105-125","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 17-105-125","heading":"Insurer billing and payment","body":"(a) If authorized by the supervising physician, a physician assistant shall be: (1) Identified as the treating provider in billing and claims processes when the physician assistant delivered the medical services to the patient; and (2) Allowed to file claims as the billing provider for medical services delivered by the physician assistant to a patient that: (A) Is a Medicaid beneficiary; or (B) Has a health benefit plan provided by a healthcare insurer. (b) Under this section, a health benefit plan provided by a healthcare insurer or the Arkansas Medicaid Program shall not require the physical presence of the supervising physician as provided in § 17-105-101(5) . Added by Act 2023, No. 303,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2023.\n\n(a) If authorized by the supervising physician, a physician assistant shall be: (1) Identified as the treating provider in billing and claims processes when the physician assistant delivered the medical services to the patient; and (2) Allowed to file claims as the billing provider for medical services delivered by the physician assistant to a patient that: (A) Is a Medicaid beneficiary; or (B) Has a health benefit plan provided by a healthcare insurer.\n\n(1) Identified as the treating provider in billing and claims processes when the physician assistant delivered the medical services to the patient; and\n\n(2) Allowed to file claims as the billing provider for medical services delivered by the physician assistant to a patient that: (A) Is a Medicaid beneficiary; or (B) Has a health benefit plan provided by a healthcare insurer.\n\n(A) Is a Medicaid beneficiary; or\n\n(B) Has a health benefit plan provided by a healthcare insurer.\n\n(b) Under this section, a health benefit plan provided by a healthcare insurer or the Arkansas Medicaid Program shall not require the physical presence of the supervising physician as provided in § 17-105-101(5) .","path":["AR Code","Title 17","Chapter 105"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"182356fdeeba03e4286ac9c39fc152a9d399078bd23bb7e9b2b4cddd6e0866b7","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-105-124","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-106-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}