Sec. 1. (a) This section applies only to claims submitted for payment by nursing facilities.
(b) The office shall pay, deny, or suspend each claim submitted by a provider for payment under the Medicaid program not more than:
(1) twenty-one (21) days after the date a claim that is filed electronically; or
(2) thirty (30) days after the date a claim that is filed on paper;
is received by the office or, if IC 12-15-30 applies, by the contractor under IC 12-15-30.
(c) The office shall pay each clean claim.
(d) The office may deny or suspend a claim that is not a clean claim. If the office denies a provider's claim for payment, the office shall notify the provider of each reason the claim was denied.
(e) If the office suspends a provider's claim for payment under the Medicaid program, the office shall notify the provider of each reason the claim was suspended.