Providers shall make all reasonable efforts to determine if there is a liable third party source, including Medicare, and in the case of a liable third party source, utilize that source for payments and benefits prior to applying for Medicaid payments. Third party payments received after billing Medicaid for service for a Medicaid recipient shall be refunded to the Alabama Medicaid Agency.
Author: Willie J. Johnson
Ala. Admin. Code r. 560-X-35-.10
Statutory Authority:42 C.F.R., §441, Subpart G; Home- and Community-Based Waiver for the Mentally Retarded and Developmentally Disabled.