Louisiana § RS 46:440.16 - Contractor performance oversight; penalties; protections
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§ RS 46:440.16. Contractor performance oversight; penalties; protections
A. If more than twenty-five percent of the contractor's adverse determinations are overturned on appeal in any six-month period, then the House Committee on Health and Welfare and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare, jointly, shall hold an oversight hearing to evaluate the contractor's performance and provide the medical assistance program with direction related to corrective action plans and future reevaluation of performance.
B. The department shall, with input from healthcare providers and in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, promulgate rules relative to appropriate and inappropriate determinations by recovery audit contractors, and to establish penalties and sanctions to be associated with inappropriate determinations by those contractors.
C. If the department or the hearing officer in a formal appeal finds that the recovery audit contractor's determination was unreasonable, frivolous, or without merit, then the contractor shall reimburse to the provider the provider's costs associated with the appeals process.
Acts 2014, No. 568, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2014.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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