Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), a bill, claim, or other demand for payment permitted by section 5 of this chapter may be presented only to the following:

(1) The patient.

Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-48-1-6

  • provider: means a health care provider or a clinical laboratory. See Indiana Code 16-48-1-3
  • second opinion: means consultation, histologic processing, or additional testing performed on a sample by a second provider after an anatomic pathology service is performed on the sample by a first provider. See Indiana Code 16-48-1-4
(2) The patient’s insurer or other third party payer.

(3) A government agency, or another agency or organization, that serves as a payment source on behalf of the patient.

(4) The hospital, health clinic, public health clinic, or rural health clinic.

     (b) If a provider described in section 5(b)(1) of this chapter presents a bill, claim, or other demand for payment for a second opinion as permitted by section 5(b) of this chapter, the second provider may bill the provider described in section 5(b)(1) for the second opinion.

As added by P.L.222-2011, SEC.1.

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