Ind. Code § 27-1-37.5-24
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Emergency admission or provision of emergency health care services
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Sec. 24. (a) A utilization review entity shall allow a covered individual and a covered individual's health care provider at least twenty-four (24) hours (excluding weekends and state and federal legal holidays) after an emergency admission or provision of emergency health care services for the covered individual or health care provider to notify the utilization review entity of the emergency admission or provision of the emergency health care service.
(b) A utilization review entity shall cover emergency health care services necessary to screen and stabilize a covered individual. If a health care provider certifies in writing to a utilization review entity not later than seventy-two (72) hours (excluding weekends and state and federal legal holidays) after a covered individual's emergency admission that the covered individual's condition required the emergency health care service, the certification will create a presumption that the emergency health care service was medically necessary. The presumption may be rebutted only if the utilization review entity can establish, with clear and convincing evidence, that the emergency health care service was not medically necessary.
(c) The medical necessity of an emergency health care service may not be based on whether the service was provided by a participating or nonparticipating provider. Any restriction on the coverage of an emergency health care service provided by a nonparticipating provider may not be greater than the restriction that applies when the service is provided by a participating provider.
As added by P.L.144-2025, SEC.32.
(b) A utilization review entity shall cover emergency health care services necessary to screen and stabilize a covered individual. If a health care provider certifies in writing to a utilization review entity not later than seventy-two (72) hours (excluding weekends and state and federal legal holidays) after a covered individual's emergency admission that the covered individual's condition required the emergency health care service, the certification will create a presumption that the emergency health care service was medically necessary. The presumption may be rebutted only if the utilization review entity can establish, with clear and convincing evidence, that the emergency health care service was not medically necessary.
(c) The medical necessity of an emergency health care service may not be based on whether the service was provided by a participating or nonparticipating provider. Any restriction on the coverage of an emergency health care service provided by a nonparticipating provider may not be greater than the restriction that applies when the service is provided by a participating provider.
As added by P.L.144-2025, SEC.32.
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