108D-13. Standard LME/MCO level appeals.
(a) Notice of Managed Care Action. - An LME/MCO shall provide an enrollee with written notice of a managed care action by United States mail as required under 42 C.F.R. 438.404. The notice of action will employ a standardized form included as a provision in the contracts between the LME/MCOs and the Department of Health and Human Services.
(b) Request for Appeal. - An enrollee, or a network provider authorized in writing to act on behalf of the enrollee, has the right to file a request for an LME/MCO level appeal of a notice of managed care action no later than 30 days after the mailing date of the grievance disposition or notice of managed care action. Upon receipt of a request for an LME/MCO level appeal, an LME/MCO shall acknowledge receipt of the request for appeal in writing by United States mail.
(c) Continuation of Benefits. - An LME/MCO shall continue the enrollee's benefits during the pendency of an LME/MCO level appeal to the same extent required under 42 C.F.R. 438.420.
(d) Notice of Resolution. - The LME/MCO shall resolve the appeal as expeditiously as the enrollee's health condition requires, but no later than 45 days after receiving the request for appeal. The LME/MCO shall provide the enrollee and all other affected parties with a written notice of resolution by United States mail within this 45-day period.
(e) Right to Request Contested Case Hearing. - An enrollee, or a network provider authorized in writing to act on behalf of an enrollee, may file a request for a contested case hearing under G.S. 108D-15 as long as the enrollee or network provider has exhausted the appeal procedures described in this section or G.S. 108D-14.
(f) Request Form for Contested Case Hearing. - In the same mailing as the notice of resolution, the LME/MCO shall also provide the enrollee with an appeal request form for a contested case hearing that meets the requirements of G.S. 108D-15(f).
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