§ 2807-e. Uniform bills. 1. Definitions. For the purposes of this\nsection, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:\n (a) "Ambulatory care services" shall mean ambulatory surgical\nservices, diagnostic and treatment services, emergency services,\nhospital outpatient services and physician services.\n (b) "Superintendent" shall mean the superintendent of financial\nservices.\n (c) "Third-party payor" shall mean those payors within the payor\ncategories specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision one of\nsection twenty-eight hundred seven-c of this article, except for\npayments made for persons who are eligible as beneficiaries of title\nXVIII of the federal social security act (medicare).\n (d) "Bill," other than a patient bill, shall include a claim form for\na third-party payor.\n 2. Uniform bills. (a) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of\nlaw, the commissioner shall, on or after July first, nineteen hundred\nninety-five, develop a uniform patient bill for the purpose of providers\nproviding a health care consumer with a patient bill for hospital and\nhealth-related services, in consultation with the superintendent of\nfinancial services, statewide organizations representative of providers\nof hospital and health-related services, third-party payors as described\nin paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision one of section two thousand\neight hundred seven-c of this article, and representatives of health\ncare consumers. Such patient bill shall be in such form and shall\ncontain such information as may be required in accordance with rules and\nregulations developed by the commissioner, provided that distinct\nuniform patient bills may be developed for each type or level of\nhealth-related service.\n (b) No provider of hospital or health-related services shall provide a\nhealth care consumer with any patient bill, on or after September first,\nnineteen hundred ninety-five, for services provided to such consumer\nexcept such uniform patient bill as developed by the commissioner\npursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdivision.\n (c) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article or any\nother law, beginning on or after April first, nineteen hundred\nninety-four, each general hospital providing inpatient services shall\nuse a uniform data set, developed by the commissioner in consultation\nwith representatives of providers and third-party payors, for the\npurpose of billing a third-party payor for inpatient services containing\nsuch information as may be required in accordance with rules and\nregulations of the commissioner.\n (d) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article or any\nother law, beginning on or after September first, nineteen hundred\nninety-four, each general hospital, diagnostic and treatment center, or\nambulatory surgery center providing ambulatory care services shall use a\nuniform bill, developed by the commissioner in consultation with\nrepresentatives of providers and third-party payors, for the purpose of\nbilling a third-party payor for ambulatory care services containing such\ninformation as may be required in accordance with rules and regulations\nof the commissioner.\n (e) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article or any\nother law, beginning on or after January first, nineteen hundred\nninety-five, each physician providing physician services shall use a\nuniform bill, developed by the commissioner in consultation with\nrepresentatives of providers and third-party payors, for the purpose of\nbilling a third-party payor for physician services containing such\ninformation as may be required in accordance with rules and regulations\nof the commissioner.\n (f) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this article or any\nother law, the commissioner in consultation with the superintendent and\nthe commissioner of social services shall establish procedures for\nrequiring any payor for inpatient services, ambulatory care services or\n
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