ARTICLE 3.5. Physician Services Account
Article 3.5 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1331, Sec. 9.
§§ 16951–16959 · 15 sections
- § 16951 As a condition of receiving funds pursuant to this chapter, each county shall establish an emergency medical services fund as authorized by subdivision (a) of…
- § 16952 (a) (1) Each county shall establish within its emergency medical services fund a Physician Services Account. Each county shall deposit in the Physician…
- § 16952.1 (a) Each county that elects to establish a Physicians Services Account in the county emergency medical services fund shall annually, on April 15, report to the…
- § 16952.5 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (g) of Section 16952, expenses incurred by Solano County for the development of managed care systems to increase access for…
- § 16953 (a) For purposes of this chapter “emergency services” means physician services in one of the following: (1) A general acute care hospital which provides basic…
- § 16953.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an emergency physician and surgeon, or an emergency physician group, with a gross billings arrangement…
- § 16953.2 Nothing in this article shall prevent a physician from utilizing an agent who furnishes billing and collection services to the physician to submit claims or…
- § 16953.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other restrictions on reimbursement, a county shall adopt a fee schedule to establish a uniform, reasonable level of reimbursement from…
- § 16955 Reimbursement for losses incurred by any physician shall be limited to services provided to a patient as established by subdivisions (f) and (g) of Section…
- § 16955.1 This article shall not be applied or interpreted so as to prevent a physician from seeking payment from a patient or responsible third-party payor, or…
- § 16956 (a) The administering agency shall establish procedures and time schedules for submission and processing of reimbursement claims submitted by physicians in…
- § 16956.5 (a) The administering agency may establish an EMS Fund advisory committee. The committee shall include emergency physicians and emergency department oncall…
- § 16957 Any physician who submits any claim in accordance with this chapter shall keep and maintain records of the services rendered, the person to whom services were…
- § 16958 If, after receiving payment from the account, a physician is reimbursed by a patient or a responsible third-party, the physician shall do one of the following:…
- § 16959 The moneys contained in a Physician Services Account within an Emergency Medical Services Fund shall not be subject to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section…