N.H. Admin. Code § He-C 6348.03

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024
Section He-C 6348.03 - Definitions
(a) "Agency" means the board of directors, executive director, and employees of an organization that is incorporated and recognized by the NH secretary of state.
(b) "Applicant" means the person or entity that is requesting certification for payment as a health care or laboratory service provider.
(c) "Certification for payment" means the process by which DCYF approves the qualifications of and reimbursement to providers of health care or laboratory services.
(d) "Child" means "child" as defined in RSA 170-E:25, 1 or "child" as defined in RSA 169-C:3 or "child" as defined by RSA 169-D:2.
(e) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the New Hampshire department of health and human services or designee.
(f) "Court order" means a written decree that is issued by a district, family, superior, probate, or Supreme Court.
(g) "Department (DHHS) " means the department of health and human services of the state of New Hampshire.
(h) "Division for children, youth, and families (DCYF) " means the organizational unit of the department of health and human services that provides services to children and youth referred by courts pursuant to RSA 169-B, RSA 169-C, RSA 169-D, RSA 170-B, RSA 170-C, and RSA 463.
(i) "Health care" means preventive or corrective medical, dental, and psychiatric diagnostic and treatment services provided to Medicaid ineligible children.
(j) "Laboratory" means the testing facility authorized by the State of New Hampshire to screen human specimens for presence of a drug, or drug group, or its metabolites, or other court-ordered laboratory testing that does not qualify for payment by Medicaid.
(k) "NH bridges" means the automated case management, information, tracking, and reimbursement system used by DCYF.
(l) "Parent" means an individual who has a birth, adoptive, or step-parent relationship to a child.
(m) "Provider" means the individual or agency that provides healthcare or laboratory services to a child or parent and receives financial reimbursement from DHHS.
(n) "Service authorization" means the documentation provided by DCYF indicating DHHS's responsibility for payment of healthcare and laboratory services provided that do not qualify for payment by Medicaid.

N.H. Admin. Code § He-C 6348.03

(See Revision Note at part heading for He-C 6348) #9267, eff 9-20-08

Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 15, Filed April 13, 2017, Proposed by #12127, Effective 3/10/2017, Expires 3/10/2027.