North Carolina General Statutes 44-51. Disputed claims to be settled before payments
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(a) Whenever the sum or amount or amounts demanded for medical services or hospital fees shall be in dispute, nothing in this Article shall have any effect of compelling payment thereof until the claim is fully established and determined, in the manner provided by law: Provided, however, that when any such sums are in dispute the amount of the lien shall in no case exceed the amount of the bills in dispute.
(b) This section shall not apply to amounts owed to the State Health Plan for Teachers and State Employees for past-due account receivables related to claims payments. ?(1935, c. 121, s. 3; 1943, c. 543; 2018-52, s. 5(d).)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 44-51
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3