Sec. 3. (a) A health maintenance organization shall pay or deny each clean claim in accordance with section 4 of this chapter.
(b) A health maintenance organization shall notify a provider of any deficiencies in a submitted claim not more than:
(1) thirty (30) days for a claim that is filed electronically; or
(2) forty-five (45) days for a claim that is filed on paper;
and describe any remedy necessary to establish a clean claim.
(c) Failure of a health maintenance organization to notify a provider as required under subsection (b) establishes the submitted claim as a clean claim.