This text of New Mexico § 27-11-3 (Review of medicaid provider or managed care) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering New Mexico primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
organization; contract remedies; penalties.
A.Consistent with the terms of any contract between the department and a medicaid provider or managed care organization, the secretary shall have the right to be afforded access to such of the medicaid provider's or managed care organization's records and personnel, as well as its subcontracts and that subcontractor's records and personnel, as may be necessary to ensure that the medicaid provider or managed care organization is complying with the terms of its contract with the department.
B.Upon not less than two days' written notice to a medicaid provider or managed care organization, the secretary may, consistent with the provisions of the Medicaid Provider and Managed Care Act and rules issued pursuant to that act, carry out an administrativ
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organization; contract remedies; penalties. A. Consistent with the terms of any contract between the department and a medicaid provider or managed care organization, the secretary shall have the right to be afforded access to such of the medicaid provider's or managed care organization's records and personnel, as well as its subcontracts and that subcontractor's records and personnel, as may be necessary to ensure that the medicaid provider or managed care organization is complying with the terms of its contract with the department. B. Upon not less than two days' written notice to a medicaid provider or managed care organization, the secretary may, consistent with the provisions of the Medicaid Provider and Managed Care Act and rules issued pursuant to that act, carry out an administrative investigation or conduct administrative proceedings to determine whether a medicaid provider or managed care organization has: (1) materially breached its obligation to furnish medicaid-related services to recipients, or any other duty specified in its contract with the department; (2) violated any provision of the Public Assistance Act [27-2-1 to 27-2-34 NMSA 1978] or the Medicaid Provider and Managed Care Act or any rules issued pursuant to those acts; (3) intentionally or with reckless disregard made any false statement with respect to any report or statement required by the Public Assistance Act or the Medicaid Provider and Managed Care Act, rules issued pursuant to either of those acts or a contract with the department; (4) intentionally or with reckless disregard advertised or marketed, or attempted to advertise or market, its services to recipients in a manner as to misrepresent its services or capacity for services, or engaged in any deceptive, misleading or unfair practice with respect to advertising or marketing; (5) hindered or prevented the secretary from performing any duty imposed by the Public Assistance Act, the Human Services Department [health care authority department] Act [Heath Care Authority Act] [Chapter 9, Article 8 NMSA 1978] or the Medicaid Provider and Managed Care Act or any rules issued pursuant to those acts; or (6) fraudulently procured or attempted to procure any benefit from medicaid. C. Subject to the provisions of Subsection D of this section, after affording a medicaid provider or managed care organization written notice of hearing not less than ten days before the hearing date and an opportunity to be heard, and upon making appropriate administrative findings, the secretary may take any or any combination of the following actions against the medicaid provider or managed care organization: (1) impose an administrative penalty of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for engaging in any practice described in Subsection B of this section; provided that each separate occurrence of such practice shall constitute a separate offense; (2) issue an administrative order requiring the medicaid provider or managed care organization to: (a) cease or modify any specified conduct or practices engaged in by it or its employees, subcontractors or agents; (b) fulfill its contractual obligations in the manner specified in the order; (c) provide any service that has been denied; (d) take steps to provide or arrange for any service that it has agreed or is otherwise obligated to make available; or (e) enter into and abide by the terms of a binding or nonbinding arbitration proceeding, if agreed to by any opposing party, including the secretary; or (3) suspend or revoke the contract between the medicaid provider or managed care organization and the department pursuant to the terms of that contract. D. If a contract between the department and a medicaid provider or managed care organization explicitly specifies a dispute resolution mechanism for use in resolving disputes over performance of that contract, the dispute resolution mechanism specified in the contract shall be used to resolve such disputes in lieu of the mechanism set forth in Subsection C of this section. E. If a medicaid provider's or managed care organization's contract so specifies, the medicaid provider or managed care organization shall have the right to seek de novo review in district court of any decision by the secretary regarding a contractual dispute.