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Third Party Billing What is Third Party Billing?
Health-related services are developmental, corrective and supportive services that are required in order for a student to benefit from their program of specialized instruction. Health-related services include supports such as:
While districts are required to seek payment from both private and public insurers, New Prague Area Schools will seek to bill only public insurance Medical Assistance (MA) TEFRA, and MinnesotaCare (MC). Billing public insurance has no impact on your child's nor family's medical coverage. New Prague Area Schools will not seek to bill private insurance, as doing so could cause your insurance rates to increase and/or have other negative effects on your child's and family's insurance coverage. If your child is covered both by private insurance and MA/MHCP, the district will ask your permission to contact your private insurer to seek a denial of coverage (private insurers typically will not pay for services provided by schools). Once we have received a letter of denial, we will then bill your public insurance. One of the most important things to know is that Minnesota laws offer protections to parents and students when schools bill MA or MC. These protections include:
Minnesota law requires that
any money received from third party billing can only be used for three
things: Questions and Answers about Third Party/MA Billing Service Activity Log --DHS version Service Activity Log --electronic version Notice Of Procedural Safeguards rev. 4/13 Helpful Links and Information: Bridge to Benefits-- About Medical Assistance Bridge to Benefits--About MinnesotaCare Guide to MN Public Health Care Programs PACER Medical Insurance Information PACER Family to Family Health Information Center For further information contact: Renee Hartman, Special Services New Prague Area Schools 415 First Avenue NW New Prague, MN 56071 952-758-1728 fax: 952-758-1719
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