Section 71-5-1421 - Prompt payment of claims and liability for bad faith failure to pay claims promptly

Any managed care organization shall comply with § 56-32-126 and any prompt pay provisions within the MCO contractor risk agreements with TennCare. In addition, the MCO shall ensure that ninety percent (90%) of clean claims for nursing facility services shall be processed and paid within fourteen (14) calendar days and ninety-nine and one half percent (99.5%) paid within twenty-one (21) days. Acts 2008, ch. 1190, § 25; 2012, ch. 971, § 5.