§ 5-37-23 - Over-billing reward program. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 5-37-23

   § 5-37-23  Over-billing reward program.– (a) Any person sixty-five (65) years of age or older who is billed for healthcare services which have never been provided to that person, may report thebilling error to the department of elderly affairs. The department shallinvestigate the report.

   (b) The health care provider shall repay any verified billingerror, and in addition shall pay ten percent (10%) of the billing error to thispatient. The ten percent (10%) award shall not preclude recovery by the patientunder any other provision of the Rhode Island general laws. Diagnostic relatedgroup billings are exempt from the ten percent (10%) penalty.