§2010. Itemized statement of billed services by hospitals
Not later than ten business days after the date of discharge, each
hospital in the state which is licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health
shall have available an itemized statement of billed services for individuals
who have received the services from the hospital. The availability of the
statement shall be made known to each individual who receives service from
the hospital before the individual is discharged from the hospital, and a
duplicate copy of the billed services statement shall be presented to each
patient within the specified ten day period. No insurance company, employee
benefit trust, self-insurance plan, or other entity which is obligated to
reimburse the individual or to pay for him or on his behalf the charges for the
services rendered by the hospital shall pay those benefits to the individual
when the itemized statement submitted to such entity clearly indicates that the
individual's rights to those benefits have been assigned to the hospital. When
any insurance company, employee benefit trust, self-insurance plan, or other
entity has notice of such assignment prior to such payment, any payment to the
insured shall not release said entity from liability to the hospital to which the
benefits have been assigned, nor shall such payment be a defense to any action
by the hospital against that entity to collect the assigned benefits. However,
an interim statement shall be provided when requested by the patient or his
authorized agent.
Acts 1986, No. 1036, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987; Acts 1989, No. 475, §1, eff.
Jan. 1, 1990.