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84-20 - General

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11(1)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who wishes to practise within the provisions of the Act and the regulations shall apply to the Director for a practitioner number and, subject to this section, the Director shall issue a practitioner number to the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
11(1.1)The Director shall not issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon unless the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority and signs an agreement with the Minister on the form prescribed in Schedule 3.
11(1.2)Notwithstanding subsection (1.1), the Director shall issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act whether or not the medical practitioner holds privileges granted by a regional health authority.
11(1.3)A practitioner number issued by the Director before the commencement of this subsection to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act shall be deemed to be a practitioner number issued under subsection (1.2).
11(1.4)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon may use a practitioner number only for so long as the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority, unless the practitioner number is sooner revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.5)Subject to subsection (1.6), a medical practitioner who is issued a practitioner number under this section and who does not hold privileges granted by a regional health authority may use the practitioner number until it is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.6)A medical practitioner referred to in subsection (1.5) who subsequently obtains privileges granted by a regional health authority is subject to the requirements of subsection (1.4).
11(1.7)Notwithstanding subsection (1.4), a practitioner number may be used where the privileges granted by a regional health authority to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon are temporarily suspended, unless the practitioner number is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.8)The Director
(a) may revoke, suspend or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for cause, and
(b) shall revoke or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon where the medical practitioner’s or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon’s privileges are revoked by a regional health authority, unless the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon has been granted privileges by another regional health authority.
11(1.9)Where a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon is being replaced on a locum tenens basis, the Director shall suspend the practitioner number issued to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon being replaced for the duration of the replacement.
11(2)Subject to section 13, where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon provides an entitled service to a beneficiary or dependent, he shall within three months after rendering that service submit an account for service to the Medicare Branch
(a) on a form provided by the Medicare Branch, or
(b) in an electronic format approved by the Medicare Branch.
11(2.1)Where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(a), he shall provide the following information:
(a) whether the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or the beneficiary is to be paid;
(b) the patient’s name;
(c) the patient’s Medicare number;
(d) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(e) the patient’s sex;
(f) the beneficiary’s address where the address is different than that on the New Brunswick Medicare Card;
(g) the name and practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral maxillofacial surgeon;
(h) the role the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the entitled service;
(i) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(j) the name of the transferring or referring
(i) medical practitioner,
(ii) oral and maxillofacial surgeon,
(iii) nurse practitioner,
(iii.1) midwife,
(iv) optometrist,
(iv.1) audiologist,
(iv.2) speech language pathologist,
(iv.3) occupational therapist,
(iv.4) physiotherapist,
(iv.5) chiropractor,
(v) dental practitioner,
(v.1) registered nurse who works in an emergency room of a hospital facility as a mental health nurse,
(vi) registered nurse who works in a preoperative clinic or within the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program or who is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or
(vii) registered nurse, social worker or psychologist who is a member of a mobile crisis response team with respect to mental health or of a multidisciplinary team in a mental health clinic;
(k) the diagnosis;
(l) the dates of hospital days charged;
(m) the number of hospital days charged;
(n) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(o) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(p) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(q) the name of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the entitled service was provided;
(r) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled service was one for which a claim could be made
(i) under any statute listed in Schedule 1 of this Regulation, or
(ii) against a third party or an insurer by reason of a motor vehicle accident, occupational injury, industrial disease or otherwise;
(s) the treatment information or remarks;
(t) the signature of the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or designate and the date of the account;
(u) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(v) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(w) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(x) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(y) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(z) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(aa) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(bb) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.2)Where a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b), he shall provide the following information:
(a) the patient’s name;
(b) the patient’s Medicare number;
(c) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(d) the patient’s sex;
(e) the practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon;
(f) the role the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the service;
(g) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the entitled service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(h) the identification number assigned by the provincial authority to the transferring or referring
(i) medical practitioner,
(ii) oral and maxillofacial surgeon,
(iii) nurse practitioner,
(iii.1) midwife,
(iv) optometrist,
(iv.1) audiologist,
(iv.2) speech language pathologist,
(iv.3) occupational therapist,
(iv.4) physiotherapist,
(iv.5) chiropractor,
(v) dental practitioner,
(v.1) registered nurse who works in an emergency room of a hospital facility as a mental health nurse,
(vi) registered nurse who works in a preoperative clinic or within the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program or who is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or
(vii) registered nurse, social worker or psychologist who is a member of a mobile crisis response team with respect to mental health or of a multidisciplinary team in a mental health clinic;
(i) the diagnosis;
(j) the dates of hospital days charged;
(k) the number of hospital days charged;
(l) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(m) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(n) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(o) the site code of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the service was provided;
(p) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled services was one with respect to which a claim could be made;
(q) the date of the account;
(r) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(s) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(t) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(u) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(v) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(w) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(x) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(y) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.3)A participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon who submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b) shall
(a) as a condition of submitting his account in that manner, agree to permit an audit of his books and records by the Medicare Branch,
(b) retain the documentation relating to the account for a period of seven years in a format and manner approved by the Medicare Branch, and
(c) when requested, submit to the Medicare Branch the documentation retained under paragraph (b).
11(3)Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Director may require the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon to supply such additional information concerning the services rendered and within such time as in the opinion of the Director is necessary to enable the Director to make an assessment.
11(4)If an account is not submitted for payment within the time limit prescribed under subsection (2), an account shall not be accepted for payment unless the time limit is waived by the Director in respect of that account.
11(5)The requirement to submit accounts within three months after the services are rendered does not apply in respect of entitled services rendered before April 1, 1997.
86-150; 93-25; 94-13; 97-23; 2002-33; 2003-51; 2009-134; 2010-10; 2014-75; 2014-87; 2016-33; 2019-9; 2019, c.12, s.21; 2021-23; 2022-66
11(1)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who wishes to practise within the provisions of the Act and the regulations shall apply to the Director for a practitioner number and, subject to this section, the Director shall issue a practitioner number to the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
11(1.1)The Director shall not issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon unless the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority and signs an agreement with the Minister on the form prescribed in Schedule 3.
11(1.2)Notwithstanding subsection (1.1), the Director shall issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act whether or not the medical practitioner holds privileges granted by a regional health authority.
11(1.3)A practitioner number issued by the Director before the commencement of this subsection to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act shall be deemed to be a practitioner number issued under subsection (1.2).
11(1.4)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon may use a practitioner number only for so long as the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority, unless the practitioner number is sooner revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.5)Subject to subsection (1.6), a medical practitioner who is issued a practitioner number under this section and who does not hold privileges granted by a regional health authority may use the practitioner number until it is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.6)A medical practitioner referred to in subsection (1.5) who subsequently obtains privileges granted by a regional health authority is subject to the requirements of subsection (1.4).
11(1.7)Notwithstanding subsection (1.4), a practitioner number may be used where the privileges granted by a regional health authority to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon are temporarily suspended, unless the practitioner number is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.8)The Director
(a) may revoke, suspend or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for cause, and
(b) shall revoke or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon where the medical practitioner’s or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon’s privileges are revoked by a regional health authority, unless the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon has been granted privileges by another regional health authority.
11(1.9)Where a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon is being replaced on a locum tenens basis, the Director shall suspend the practitioner number issued to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon being replaced for the duration of the replacement.
11(2)Subject to section 13, where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon provides an entitled service to a beneficiary or dependent, he shall within three months after rendering that service submit an account for service to the Medicare Branch
(a) on a form provided by the Medicare Branch, or
(b) in an electronic format approved by the Medicare Branch.
11(2.1)Where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(a), he shall provide the following information:
(a) whether the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or the beneficiary is to be paid;
(b) the patient’s name;
(c) the patient’s Medicare number;
(d) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(e) the patient’s sex;
(f) the beneficiary’s address where the address is different than that on the New Brunswick Medicare Card;
(g) the name and practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral maxillofacial surgeon;
(h) the role the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the entitled service;
(i) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(j) the name of the transferring or referring
(i) medical practitioner,
(ii) oral and maxillofacial surgeon,
(iii) nurse practitioner,
(iii.1) midwife,
(iv) optometrist,
(iv.1) audiologist,
(iv.2) speech language pathologist,
(iv.3) occupational therapist,
(iv.4) physiotherapist,
(v) dental practitioner,
(v.1) registered nurse who works in an emergency room of a hospital facility as a mental health nurse,
(vi) registered nurse who works in a preoperative clinic or within the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program or who is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or
(vii) registered nurse, social worker or psychologist who is a member of a mobile crisis response team with respect to mental health or of a multidisciplinary team in a mental health clinic;
(k) the diagnosis;
(l) the dates of hospital days charged;
(m) the number of hospital days charged;
(n) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(o) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(p) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(q) the name of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the entitled service was provided;
(r) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled service was one for which a claim could be made
(i) under any statute listed in Schedule 1 of this Regulation, or
(ii) against a third party or an insurer by reason of a motor vehicle accident, occupational injury, industrial disease or otherwise;
(s) the treatment information or remarks;
(t) the signature of the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or designate and the date of the account;
(u) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(v) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(w) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(x) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(y) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(z) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(aa) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(bb) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.2)Where a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b), he shall provide the following information:
(a) the patient’s name;
(b) the patient’s Medicare number;
(c) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(d) the patient’s sex;
(e) the practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon;
(f) the role the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the service;
(g) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the entitled service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(h) the identification number assigned by the provincial authority to the transferring or referring
(i) medical practitioner,
(ii) oral and maxillofacial surgeon,
(iii) nurse practitioner,
(iii.1) midwife,
(iv) optometrist,
(iv.1) audiologist,
(iv.2) speech language pathologist,
(iv.3) occupational therapist,
(iv.4) physiotherapist,
(v) dental practitioner,
(v.1) registered nurse who works in an emergency room of a hospital facility as a mental health nurse,
(vi) registered nurse who works in a preoperative clinic or within the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program or who is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or
(vii) registered nurse, social worker or psychologist who is a member of a mobile crisis response team with respect to mental health or of a multidisciplinary team in a mental health clinic;
(i) the diagnosis;
(j) the dates of hospital days charged;
(k) the number of hospital days charged;
(l) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(m) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(n) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(o) the site code of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the service was provided;
(p) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled services was one with respect to which a claim could be made;
(q) the date of the account;
(r) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(s) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(t) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(u) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(v) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(w) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(x) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(y) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.3)A participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon who submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b) shall
(a) as a condition of submitting his account in that manner, agree to permit an audit of his books and records by the Medicare Branch,
(b) retain the documentation relating to the account for a period of seven years in a format and manner approved by the Medicare Branch, and
(c) when requested, submit to the Medicare Branch the documentation retained under paragraph (b).
11(3)Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Director may require the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon to supply such additional information concerning the services rendered and within such time as in the opinion of the Director is necessary to enable the Director to make an assessment.
11(4)If an account is not submitted for payment within the time limit prescribed under subsection (2), an account shall not be accepted for payment unless the time limit is waived by the Director in respect of that account.
11(5)The requirement to submit accounts within three months after the services are rendered does not apply in respect of entitled services rendered before April 1, 1997.
86-150; 93-25; 94-13; 97-23; 2002-33; 2003-51; 2009-134; 2010-10; 2014-75; 2014-87; 2016-33; 2019-9; 2019, c.12, s.21; 2021-23
11(1)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who wishes to practise within the provisions of the Act and the regulations shall apply to the Director for a practitioner number and, subject to this section, the Director shall issue a practitioner number to the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
11(1.1)The Director shall not issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon unless the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority and signs an agreement with the Minister on the form prescribed in Schedule 3.
11(1.2)Notwithstanding subsection (1.1), the Director shall issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act whether or not the medical practitioner holds privileges granted by a regional health authority.
11(1.3)A practitioner number issued by the Director before the commencement of this subsection to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act shall be deemed to be a practitioner number issued under subsection (1.2).
11(1.4)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon may use a practitioner number only for so long as the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority, unless the practitioner number is sooner revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.5)Subject to subsection (1.6), a medical practitioner who is issued a practitioner number under this section and who does not hold privileges granted by a regional health authority may use the practitioner number until it is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.6)A medical practitioner referred to in subsection (1.5) who subsequently obtains privileges granted by a regional health authority is subject to the requirements of subsection (1.4).
11(1.7)Notwithstanding subsection (1.4), a practitioner number may be used where the privileges granted by a regional health authority to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon are temporarily suspended, unless the practitioner number is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.8)The Director
(a) may revoke, suspend or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for cause, and
(b) shall revoke or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon where the medical practitioner’s or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon’s privileges are revoked by a regional health authority, unless the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon has been granted privileges by another regional health authority.
11(1.9)Where a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon is being replaced on a locum tenens basis, the Director shall suspend the practitioner number issued to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon being replaced for the duration of the replacement.
11(2)Subject to section 13, where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon provides an entitled service to a beneficiary or dependent, he shall within three months after rendering that service submit an account for service to the Medicare Branch
(a) on a form provided by the Medicare Branch, or
(b) in an electronic format approved by the Medicare Branch.
11(2.1)Where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(a), he shall provide the following information:
(a) whether the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or the beneficiary is to be paid;
(b) the patient’s name;
(c) the patient’s Medicare number;
(d) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(e) the patient’s sex;
(f) the beneficiary’s address where the address is different than that on the New Brunswick Medicare Card;
(g) the name and practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral maxillofacial surgeon;
(h) the role the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the entitled service;
(i) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(j) the name of the transferring or referring
(i) medical practitioner,
(ii) oral and maxillofacial surgeon,
(iii) nurse practitioner,
(iii.1) midwife,
(iv) optometrist,
(iv.1) audiologist,
(v) dental practitioner,
(vi) registered nurse who works in a preoperative clinic or within the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program or who is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or
(vii) registered nurse, social worker, psychologist or occupational therapist who is a member of a mobile crisis response team with respect to mental health or of a multidisciplinary team in a mental health clinic;
(k) the diagnosis;
(l) the dates of hospital days charged;
(m) the number of hospital days charged;
(n) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(o) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(p) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(q) the name of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the entitled service was provided;
(r) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled service was one for which a claim could be made
(i) under any statute listed in Schedule 1 of this Regulation, or
(ii) against a third party or an insurer by reason of a motor vehicle accident, occupational injury, industrial disease or otherwise;
(s) the treatment information or remarks;
(t) the signature of the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or designate and the date of the account;
(u) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(v) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(w) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(x) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(y) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(z) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(aa) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(bb) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.2)Where a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b), he shall provide the following information:
(a) the patient’s name;
(b) the patient’s Medicare number;
(c) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(d) the patient’s sex;
(e) the practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon;
(f) the role the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the service;
(g) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the entitled service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(h) the identification number assigned by the provincial authority to the transferring or referring
(i) medical practitioner,
(ii) oral and maxillofacial surgeon,
(iii) nurse practitioner,
(iii.1) midwife,
(iv) optometrist,
(iv.1) audiologist,
(v) dental practitioner,
(vi) registered nurse who works in a preoperative clinic or within the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program or who is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or
(vii) registered nurse, social worker, psychologist or occupational therapist who is a member of a mobile crisis response team with respect to mental health or of a multidisciplinary team in a mental health clinic;
(i) the diagnosis;
(j) the dates of hospital days charged;
(k) the number of hospital days charged;
(l) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(m) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(n) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(o) the site code of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the service was provided;
(p) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled services was one with respect to which a claim could be made;
(q) the date of the account;
(r) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(s) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(t) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(u) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(v) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(w) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(x) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(y) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.3)A participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon who submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b) shall
(a) as a condition of submitting his account in that manner, agree to permit an audit of his books and records by the Medicare Branch,
(b) retain the documentation relating to the account for a period of seven years in a format and manner approved by the Medicare Branch, and
(c) when requested, submit to the Medicare Branch the documentation retained under paragraph (b).
11(3)Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Director may require the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon to supply such additional information concerning the services rendered and within such time as in the opinion of the Director is necessary to enable the Director to make an assessment.
11(4)If an account is not submitted for payment within the time limit prescribed under subsection (2), an account shall not be accepted for payment unless the time limit is waived by the Director in respect of that account.
11(5)The requirement to submit accounts within three months after the services are rendered does not apply in respect of entitled services rendered before April 1, 1997.
86-150; 93-25; 94-13; 97-23; 2002-33; 2003-51; 2009-134; 2010-10; 2014-75; 2014-87; 2016-33; 2019-9; 2019, c.12, s.21
11(1)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who wishes to practise within the provisions of the Act and the regulations shall apply to the Director for a practitioner number and, subject to this section, the Director shall issue a practitioner number to the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
11(1.1)The Director shall not issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon unless the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority and signs an agreement with the Minister on the form prescribed in Schedule 3.
11(1.2)Notwithstanding subsection (1.1), the Director shall issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act whether or not the medical practitioner holds privileges granted by a regional health authority.
11(1.3)A practitioner number issued by the Director before the commencement of this subsection to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act shall be deemed to be a practitioner number issued under subsection (1.2).
11(1.4)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon may use a practitioner number only for so long as the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority, unless the practitioner number is sooner revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.5)Subject to subsection (1.6), a medical practitioner who is issued a practitioner number under this section and who does not hold privileges granted by a regional health authority may use the practitioner number until it is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.6)A medical practitioner referred to in subsection (1.5) who subsequently obtains privileges granted by a regional health authority is subject to the requirements of subsection (1.4).
11(1.7)Notwithstanding subsection (1.4), a practitioner number may be used where the privileges granted by a regional health authority to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon are temporarily suspended, unless the practitioner number is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.8)The Director
(a) may revoke, suspend or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for cause, and
(b) shall revoke or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon where the medical practitioner’s or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon’s privileges are revoked by a regional health authority, unless the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon has been granted privileges by another regional health authority.
11(1.9)Where a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon is being replaced on a locum tenens basis, the Director shall suspend the practitioner number issued to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon being replaced for the duration of the replacement.
11(2)Subject to section 13, where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon provides an entitled service to a beneficiary or dependent, he shall within three months after rendering that service submit an account for service to the Medicare Branch
(a) on a form provided by the Medicare Branch, or
(b) in an electronic format approved by the Medicare Branch.
11(2.1)Where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(a), he shall provide the following information:
(a) whether the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or the beneficiary is to be paid;
(b) the patient’s name;
(c) the patient’s Medicare number;
(d) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(e) the patient’s sex;
(f) the beneficiary’s address where the address is different than that on the New Brunswick Medicare Card;
(g) the name and practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral maxillofacial surgeon;
(h) the role the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the entitled service;
(i) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(j) the name of the transferring or referring
(i) medical practitioner,
(ii) oral and maxillofacial surgeon,
(iii) nurse practitioner,
(iii.1) midwife,
(iv) optometrist,
(iv.1) audiologist,
(v) dental practitioner,
(vi) registered nurse who works in a preoperative clinic or within the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program or who is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or
(vii) registered nurse, social worker, psychologist or occupational therapist who is a member of a mobile crisis response team with respect to mental health or of a multidisciplinary team in a mental health clinic;
(k) the diagnosis;
(l) the dates of hospital days charged;
(m) the number of hospital days charged;
(n) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(o) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(p) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(q) the name of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the entitled service was provided;
(r) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled service was one for which a claim could be made
(i) under any statute listed in Schedule 1 of this Regulation, or
(ii) against a third party or an insurer by reason of a motor vehicle accident, occupational injury, industrial disease or otherwise;
(s) the treatment information or remarks;
(t) the signature of the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or designate and the date of the account;
(u) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(v) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(w) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(x) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(y) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(z) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(aa) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(bb) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.2)Where a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b), he shall provide the following information:
(a) the patient’s name;
(b) the patient’s Medicare number;
(c) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(d) the patient’s sex;
(e) the practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon;
(f) the role the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the service;
(g) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the entitled service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(h) the identification number assigned by the provincial authority to the transferring or referring
(i) medical practitioner,
(ii) oral and maxillofacial surgeon,
(iii) nurse practitioner,
(iii.1) midwife,
(iv) optometrist,
(iv.1) audiologist,
(v) dental practitioner,
(vi) registered nurse who works in a preoperative clinic or within the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program or who is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or
(vii) registered nurse, social worker, psychologist or occupational therapist who is a member of a mobile crisis response team with respect to mental health or of a multidisciplinary team in a mental health clinic;
(i) the diagnosis;
(j) the dates of hospital days charged;
(k) the number of hospital days charged;
(l) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(m) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(n) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(o) the site code of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the service was provided;
(p) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled services was one with respect to which a claim could be made;
(q) the date of the account;
(r) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(s) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(t) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(u) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(v) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(w) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(x) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(y) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.3)A participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon who submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b) shall
(a) as a condition of submitting his account in that manner, agree to permit an audit of his books and records by the Medicare Branch,
(b) retain the documentation relating to the account for a period of seven years in a format and manner approved by the Medicare Branch, and
(c) when requested, submit to the Medicare Branch the documentation retained under paragraph (b).
11(3)Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Director may require the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon to supply such additional information concerning the services rendered and within such time as in the opinion of the Director is necessary to enable the Director to make an assessment.
11(4)If an account is not submitted for payment within the time limit prescribed under subsection (2), an account shall not be accepted for payment unless the time limit is waived by the Director in respect of that account.
11(5)The requirement to submit accounts within three months after the services are rendered does not apply in respect of entitled services rendered before April 1, 1997.
86-150; 93-25; 94-13; 97-23; 2002-33; 2003-51; 2009-134; 2010-10; 2014-75; 2014-87; 2016-33; 2019-9
11(1)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who wishes to practise within the provisions of the Act and the regulations shall apply to the Director for a practitioner number and, subject to this section, the Director shall issue a practitioner number to the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
11(1.1)The Director shall not issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon unless the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority and signs an agreement with the Minister on the form prescribed in Schedule 3.
11(1.2)Notwithstanding subsection (1.1), the Director shall issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act whether or not the medical practitioner holds privileges granted by a regional health authority.
11(1.3)A practitioner number issued by the Director before the commencement of this subsection to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act shall be deemed to be a practitioner number issued under subsection (1.2).
11(1.4)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon may use a practitioner number only for so long as the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority, unless the practitioner number is sooner revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.5)Subject to subsection (1.6), a medical practitioner who is issued a practitioner number under this section and who does not hold privileges granted by a regional health authority may use the practitioner number until it is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.6)A medical practitioner referred to in subsection (1.5) who subsequently obtains privileges granted by a regional health authority is subject to the requirements of subsection (1.4).
11(1.7)Notwithstanding subsection (1.4), a practitioner number may be used where the privileges granted by a regional health authority to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon are temporarily suspended, unless the practitioner number is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.8)The Director
(a) may revoke, suspend or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for cause, and
(b) shall revoke or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon where the medical practitioner’s or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon’s privileges are revoked by a regional health authority, unless the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon has been granted privileges by another regional health authority.
11(1.9)Where a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon is being replaced on a locum tenens basis, the Director shall suspend the practitioner number issued to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon being replaced for the duration of the replacement.
11(2)Subject to section 13, where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon provides an entitled service to a beneficiary or dependent, he shall within three months after rendering that service submit an account for service to the Medicare Branch
(a) on a form provided by the Medicare Branch, or
(b) in an electronic format approved by the Medicare Branch.
11(2.1)Where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(a), he shall provide the following information:
(a) whether the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or the beneficiary is to be paid;
(b) the patient’s name;
(c) the patient’s Medicare number;
(d) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(e) the patient’s sex;
(f) the beneficiary’s address where the address is different than that on the New Brunswick Medicare Card;
(g) the name and practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral maxillofacial surgeon;
(h) the role the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the entitled service;
(i) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(j) the name of the transferring or referring
(i) medical practitioner,
(ii) oral and maxillofacial surgeon,
(iii) nurse practitioner,
(iii.1) midwife,
(iv) optometrist,
(v) dental practitioner,
(vi) registered nurse who works in a preoperative clinic or within the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program or who is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or
(vii) registered nurse, social worker, psychologist or occupational therapist who is a member of a mobile crisis response team with respect to mental health or of a multidisciplinary team in a mental health clinic;
(k) the diagnosis;
(l) the dates of hospital days charged;
(m) the number of hospital days charged;
(n) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(o) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(p) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(q) the name of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the entitled service was provided;
(r) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled service was one for which a claim could be made
(i) under any statute listed in Schedule 1 of this Regulation, or
(ii) against a third party or an insurer by reason of a motor vehicle accident, occupational injury, industrial disease or otherwise;
(s) the treatment information or remarks;
(t) the signature of the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or designate and the date of the account;
(u) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(v) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(w) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(x) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(y) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(z) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(aa) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(bb) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.2)Where a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b), he shall provide the following information:
(a) the patient’s name;
(b) the patient’s Medicare number;
(c) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(d) the patient’s sex;
(e) the practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon;
(f) the role the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the service;
(g) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the entitled service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(h) the number of the transferring or referring
(i) medical practitioner,
(ii) oral and maxillofacial surgeon,
(iii) nurse practitioner,
(iii.1) midwife,
(iv) optometrist,
(v) dental practitioner,
(vi) registered nurse who works in a preoperative clinic or within the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program or who is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or
(vii) registered nurse, social worker, psychologist or occupational therapist who is a member of a mobile crisis response team with respect to mental health or of a multidisciplinary team in a mental health clinic;
(i) the diagnosis;
(j) the dates of hospital days charged;
(k) the number of hospital days charged;
(l) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(m) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(n) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(o) the site code of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the service was provided;
(p) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled services was one with respect to which a claim could be made;
(q) the date of the account;
(r) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(s) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(t) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(u) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(v) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(w) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(x) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(y) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.3)A participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon who submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b) shall
(a) as a condition of submitting his account in that manner, agree to permit an audit of his books and records by the Medicare Branch,
(b) retain the documentation relating to the account for a period of seven years in a format and manner approved by the Medicare Branch, and
(c) when requested, submit to the Medicare Branch the documentation retained under paragraph (b).
11(3)Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Director may require the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon to supply such additional information concerning the services rendered and within such time as in the opinion of the Director is necessary to enable the Director to make an assessment.
11(4)If an account is not submitted for payment within the time limit prescribed under subsection (2), an account shall not be accepted for payment unless the time limit is waived by the Director in respect of that account.
11(5)The requirement to submit accounts within three months after the services are rendered does not apply in respect of entitled services rendered before April 1, 1997.
86-150; 93-25; 94-13; 97-23; 2002-33; 2003-51; 2009-134; 2010-10; 2014-75; 2014-87; 2016-33
11(1)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who wishes to practise within the provisions of the Act and the regulations shall apply to the Director for a practitioner number and, subject to this section, the Director shall issue a practitioner number to the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
11(1.1)The Director shall not issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon unless the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority and signs an agreement with the Minister on the form prescribed in Schedule 3.
11(1.2)Notwithstanding subsection (1.1), the Director shall issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act whether or not the medical practitioner holds privileges granted by a regional health authority.
11(1.3)A practitioner number issued by the Director before the commencement of this subsection to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act shall be deemed to be a practitioner number issued under subsection (1.2).
11(1.4)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon may use a practitioner number only for so long as the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority, unless the practitioner number is sooner revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.5)Subject to subsection (1.6), a medical practitioner who is issued a practitioner number under this section and who does not hold privileges granted by a regional health authority may use the practitioner number until it is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.6)A medical practitioner referred to in subsection (1.5) who subsequently obtains privileges granted by a regional health authority is subject to the requirements of subsection (1.4).
11(1.7)Notwithstanding subsection (1.4), a practitioner number may be used where the privileges granted by a regional health authority to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon are temporarily suspended, unless the practitioner number is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.8)The Director
(a) may revoke, suspend or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for cause, and
(b) shall revoke or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon where the medical practitioner’s or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon’s privileges are revoked by a regional health authority, unless the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon has been granted privileges by another regional health authority.
11(1.9)Where a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon is being replaced on a locum tenens basis, the Director shall suspend the practitioner number issued to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon being replaced for the duration of the replacement.
11(2)Subject to section 13, where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon provides an entitled service to a beneficiary or dependent, he shall within three months after rendering that service submit an account for service to the Medicare Branch
(a) on a form provided by the Medicare Branch, or
(b) in an electronic format approved by the Medicare Branch.
11(2.1)Where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(a), he shall provide the following information:
(a) whether the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or the beneficiary is to be paid;
(b) the patient’s name;
(c) the patient’s Medicare number;
(d) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(e) the patient’s sex;
(f) the beneficiary’s address where the address is different than that on the New Brunswick Medicare Card;
(g) the name and practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral maxillofacial surgeon;
(h) the role the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the entitled service;
(i) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(j) the name of the transferring or referring
(i) medical practitioner,
(ii) oral and maxillofacial surgeon,
(iii) nurse practitioner,
(iv) optometrist,
(v) dental practitioner,
(vi) registered nurse who works in a preoperative clinic or within the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program or who is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or
(vii) registered nurse, social worker, psychologist or occupational therapist who is a member of a mobile crisis response team with respect to mental health or of a multidisciplinary team in a mental health clinic;
(k) the diagnosis;
(l) the dates of hospital days charged;
(m) the number of hospital days charged;
(n) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(o) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(p) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(q) the name of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the entitled service was provided;
(r) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled service was one for which a claim could be made
(i) under any statute listed in Schedule 1 of this Regulation, or
(ii) against a third party or an insurer by reason of a motor vehicle accident, occupational injury, industrial disease or otherwise;
(s) the treatment information or remarks;
(t) the signature of the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or designate and the date of the account;
(u) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(v) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(w) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(x) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(y) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(z) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(aa) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(bb) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.2)Where a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b), he shall provide the following information:
(a) the patient’s name;
(b) the patient’s Medicare number;
(c) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(d) the patient’s sex;
(e) the practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon;
(f) the role the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the service;
(g) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the entitled service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(h) the number of the transferring or referring
(i) medical practitioner,
(ii) oral and maxillofacial surgeon,
(iii) nurse practitioner,
(iv) optometrist,
(v) dental practitioner,
(vi) registered nurse who works in a preoperative clinic or within the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program or who is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or
(vii) registered nurse, social worker, psychologist or occupational therapist who is a member of a mobile crisis response team with respect to mental health or of a multidisciplinary team in a mental health clinic;
(i) the diagnosis;
(j) the dates of hospital days charged;
(k) the number of hospital days charged;
(l) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(m) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(n) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(o) the site code of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the service was provided;
(p) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled services was one with respect to which a claim could be made;
(q) the date of the account;
(r) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(s) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(t) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(u) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(v) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(w) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(x) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(y) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.3)A participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon who submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b) shall
(a) as a condition of submitting his account in that manner, agree to permit an audit of his books and records by the Medicare Branch,
(b) retain the documentation relating to the account for a period of seven years in a format and manner approved by the Medicare Branch, and
(c) when requested, submit to the Medicare Branch the documentation retained under paragraph (b).
11(3)Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Director may require the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon to supply such additional information concerning the services rendered and within such time as in the opinion of the Director is necessary to enable the Director to make an assessment.
11(4)If an account is not submitted for payment within the time limit prescribed under subsection (2), an account shall not be accepted for payment unless the time limit is waived by the Director in respect of that account.
11(5)The requirement to submit accounts within three months after the services are rendered does not apply in respect of entitled services rendered before April 1, 1997.
86-150; 93-25; 94-13; 97-23; 2002-33; 2003-51; 2009-134; 2010-10; 2014-75; 2014-87
11(1)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who wishes to practise within the provisions of the Act and the regulations shall apply to the Director for a practitioner number and, subject to this section, the Director shall issue a practitioner number to the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
11(1.1)The Director shall not issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon unless the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority and signs an agreement with the Minister on the form prescribed in Schedule 3.
11(1.2)Notwithstanding subsection (1.1), the Director shall issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act whether or not the medical practitioner holds privileges granted by a regional health authority.
11(1.3)A practitioner number issued by the Director before the commencement of this subsection to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act shall be deemed to be a practitioner number issued under subsection (1.2).
11(1.4)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon may use a practitioner number only for so long as the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority, unless the practitioner number is sooner revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.5)Subject to subsection (1.6), a medical practitioner who is issued a practitioner number under this section and who does not hold privileges granted by a regional health authority may use the practitioner number until it is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.6)A medical practitioner referred to in subsection (1.5) who subsequently obtains privileges granted by a regional health authority is subject to the requirements of subsection (1.4).
11(1.7)Notwithstanding subsection (1.4), a practitioner number may be used where the privileges granted by a regional health authority to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon are temporarily suspended, unless the practitioner number is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.8)The Director
(a) may revoke, suspend or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for cause, and
(b) shall revoke or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon where the medical practitioner’s or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon’s privileges are revoked by a regional health authority, unless the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon has been granted privileges by another regional health authority.
11(1.9)Where a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon is being replaced on a locum tenens basis, the Director shall suspend the practitioner number issued to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon being replaced for the duration of the replacement.
11(2)Subject to section 13, where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon provides an entitled service to a beneficiary or dependent, he shall within three months after rendering that service submit an account for service to the Medicare Branch
(a) on a form provided by the Medicare Branch, or
(b) in an electronic format approved by the Medicare Branch.
11(2.1)Where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(a), he shall provide the following information:
(a) whether the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or the beneficiary is to be paid;
(b) the patient’s name;
(c) the patient’s Medicare number;
(d) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(e) the patient’s sex;
(f) the beneficiary’s address where the address is different than that on the New Brunswick Medicare Card;
(g) the name and practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral maxillofacial surgeon;
(h) the role the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the entitled service;
(i) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(j) the name of the transferring or referring
(i) medical practitioner,
(ii) oral and maxillofacial surgeon,
(iii) nurse practitioner,
(iv) optometrist,
(v) dental practitioner,
(vi) registered nurse who works in a preoperative clinic or within the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program or who is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or
(vii) registered nurse, social worker, psychologist or occupational therapist who is a member of a mobile crisis response team with respect to mental health or of a multidisciplinary team in a mental health clinic;
(k) the diagnosis;
(l) the dates of hospital days charged;
(m) the number of hospital days charged;
(n) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(o) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(p) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(q) the name of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the entitled service was provided;
(r) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled service was one for which a claim could be made
(i) under any statute listed in Schedule 1 of this Regulation, or
(ii) against a third party or an insurer by reason of a motor vehicle accident, occupational injury, industrial disease or otherwise;
(s) the treatment information or remarks;
(t) the signature of the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or designate and the date of the account;
(u) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(v) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(w) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(x) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(y) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(z) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(aa) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(bb) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.2)Where a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b), he shall provide the following information:
(a) the patient’s name;
(b) the patient’s Medicare number;
(c) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(d) the patient’s sex;
(e) the practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon;
(f) the role the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the service;
(g) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the entitled service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(h) the number of the transferring or referring
(i) medical practitioner,
(ii) oral and maxillofacial surgeon,
(iii) nurse practitioner,
(iv) optometrist,
(v) dental practitioner,
(vi) registered nurse who works in a preoperative clinic or within the Colorectal Cancer Screening Program or who is a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, or
(vii) registered nurse, social worker, psychologist or occupational therapist who is a member of a mobile crisis response team with respect to mental health or of a multidisciplinary team in a mental health clinic;
(i) the diagnosis;
(j) the dates of hospital days charged;
(k) the number of hospital days charged;
(l) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(m) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(n) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(o) the site code of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the service was provided;
(p) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled services was one with respect to which a claim could be made;
(q) the date of the account;
(r) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(s) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(t) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(u) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(v) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(w) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(x) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(y) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.3)A participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon who submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b) shall
(a) as a condition of submitting his account in that manner, agree to permit an audit of his books and records by the Medicare Branch,
(b) retain the documentation relating to the account for a period of seven years in a format and manner approved by the Medicare Branch, and
(c) when requested, submit to the Medicare Branch the documentation retained under paragraph (b).
11(3)Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Director may require the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon to supply such additional information concerning the services rendered and within such time as in the opinion of the Director is necessary to enable the Director to make an assessment.
11(4)If an account is not submitted for payment within the time limit prescribed under subsection (2), an account shall not be accepted for payment unless the time limit is waived by the Director in respect of that account.
11(5)The requirement to submit accounts within three months after the services are rendered does not apply in respect of entitled services rendered before April 1, 1997.
86-150; 93-25; 94-13; 97-23; 2002-33; 2003-51; 2009-134; 2010-10; 2014-75
11(1)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who wishes to practise within the provisions of the Act and the regulations shall apply to the Director for a practitioner number and, subject to this section, the Director shall issue a practitioner number to the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
11(1.1)The Director shall not issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon unless the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority and signs an agreement with the Minister on the form prescribed in Schedule 3.
11(1.2)Notwithstanding subsection (1.1), the Director shall issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act whether or not the medical practitioner holds privileges granted by a regional health authority.
11(1.3)A practitioner number issued by the Director before the commencement of this subsection to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act shall be deemed to be a practitioner number issued under subsection (1.2).
11(1.4)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon may use a practitioner number only for so long as the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority, unless the practitioner number is sooner revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.5)Subject to subsection (1.6), a medical practitioner who is issued a practitioner number under this section and who does not hold privileges granted by a regional health authority may use the practitioner number until it is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.6)A medical practitioner referred to in subsection (1.5) who subsequently obtains privileges granted by a regional health authority is subject to the requirements of subsection (1.4).
11(1.7)Notwithstanding subsection (1.4), a practitioner number may be used where the privileges granted by a regional health authority to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon are temporarily suspended, unless the practitioner number is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.8)The Director
(a) may revoke, suspend or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for cause, and
(b) shall revoke or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon where the medical practitioner’s or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon’s privileges are revoked by a regional health authority, unless the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon has been granted privileges by another regional health authority.
11(1.9)Where a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon is being replaced on a locum tenens basis, the Director shall suspend the practitioner number issued to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon being replaced for the duration of the replacement.
11(2)Subject to section 13, where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon provides an entitled service to a beneficiary or dependent, he shall within three months after rendering that service submit an account for service to the Medicare Branch
(a) on a form provided by the Medicare Branch, or
(b) in an electronic format approved by the Medicare Branch.
11(2.1)Where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(a), he shall provide the following information:
(a) whether the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or the beneficiary is to be paid;
(b) the patient’s name;
(c) the patient’s Medicare number;
(d) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(e) the patient’s sex;
(f) the beneficiary’s address where the address is different than that on the New Brunswick Medicare Card;
(g) the name and practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral maxillofacial surgeon;
(h) the role the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the entitled service;
(i) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(j) the name of the transferring or referring medical practitioner, oral or maxillofacial surgeon, nurse practitioner, optometrist or registered nurse who works in a pre-operative clinic;
(k) the diagnosis;
(l) the dates of hospital days charged;
(m) the number of hospital days charged;
(n) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(o) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(p) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(q) the name of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the entitled service was provided;
(r) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled service was one for which a claim could be made
(i) under any statute listed in Schedule 1 of this Regulation, or
(ii) against a third party or an insurer by reason of a motor vehicle accident, occupational injury, industrial disease or otherwise;
(s) the treatment information or remarks;
(t) the signature of the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or designate and the date of the account;
(u) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(v) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(w) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(x) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(y) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(z) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(aa) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(bb) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.2)Where a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b), he shall provide the following information:
(a) the patient’s name;
(b) the patient’s Medicare number;
(c) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(d) the patient’s sex;
(e) the practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon;
(f) the role the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the service;
(g) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the entitled service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(h) the number of the transferring or referring medical practitioner, oral or maxillofacial surgeon, nurse practitioner, optometrist or registered nurse who works in a pre-operative clinic;
(i) the diagnosis;
(j) the dates of hospital days charged;
(k) the number of hospital days charged;
(l) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(m) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(n) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(o) the site code of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the service was provided;
(p) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled services was one with respect to which a claim could be made;
(q) the date of the account;
(r) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(s) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(t) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(u) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(v) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(w) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(x) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(y) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.3)A participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon who submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b) shall
(a) as a condition of submitting his account in that manner, agree to permit an audit of his books and records by the Medicare Branch,
(b) retain the documentation relating to the account for a period of seven years in a format and manner approved by the Medicare Branch, and
(c) when requested, submit to the Medicare Branch the documentation retained under paragraph (b).
11(3)Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Director may require the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon to supply such additional information concerning the services rendered and within such time as in the opinion of the Director is necessary to enable the Director to make an assessment.
11(4)If an account is not submitted for payment within the time limit prescribed under subsection (2), an account shall not be accepted for payment unless the time limit is waived by the Director in respect of that account.
11(5)The requirement to submit accounts within three months after the services are rendered does not apply in respect of entitled services rendered before April 1, 1997.
86-150; 93-25; 94-13; 97-23; 2002-33; 2003-51; 2009-134; 2010-10
11(1)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who wishes to practise within the provisions of the Act and the regulations shall apply to the Director for a practitioner number and, subject to this section, the Director shall issue a practitioner number to the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
11(1.1)The Director shall not issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon unless the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority and signs an agreement with the Minister on the form prescribed in Schedule 3.
11(1.2)Notwithstanding subsection (1.1), the Director shall issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act whether or not the medical practitioner holds privileges granted by a regional health authority.
11(1.3)A practitioner number issued by the Director before the commencement of this subsection to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act shall be deemed to be a practitioner number issued under subsection (1.2).
11(1.4)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon may use a practitioner number only for so long as the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority, unless the practitioner number is sooner revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.5)Subject to subsection (1.6), a medical practitioner who is issued a practitioner number under this section and who does not hold privileges granted by a regional health authority may use the practitioner number until it is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.6)A medical practitioner referred to in subsection (1.5) who subsequently obtains privileges granted by a regional health authority is subject to the requirements of subsection (1.4).
11(1.7)Notwithstanding subsection (1.4), a practitioner number may be used where the privileges granted by a regional health authority to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon are temporarily suspended, unless the practitioner number is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.8)The Director
(a) may revoke, suspend or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for cause, and
(b) shall revoke or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon where the medical practitioner’s or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon’s privileges are revoked by a regional health authority, unless the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon has been granted privileges by another regional health authority.
11(1.9)Where a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon is being replaced on a locum tenens basis, the Director shall suspend the practitioner number issued to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon being replaced for the duration of the replacement.
11(2)Subject to section 13, where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon provides an entitled service to a beneficiary or dependent, he shall within three months after rendering that service submit an account for service to the Medicare Branch
(a) on a form provided by the Medicare Branch, or
(b) in an electronic format approved by the Medicare Branch.
11(2.1)Where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(a), he shall provide the following information:
(a) whether the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or the beneficiary is to be paid;
(b) the patient’s name;
(c) the patient’s Medicare number;
(d) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(e) the patient’s sex;
(f) the beneficiary’s address where the address is different than that on the New Brunswick Medicare Card;
(g) the name and practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral maxillofacial surgeon;
(h) the role the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the entitled service;
(i) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(j) the name of the transferring or referring medical practitioner, oral or maxillofacial surgeon, nurse practitioner, optometrist or registered nurse who works in a pre-operative clinic;
(k) the diagnosis;
(l) the dates of hospital days charged;
(m) the number of hospital days charged;
(n) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(o) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(p) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(q) the name of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the entitled service was provided;
(r) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled service was one for which a claim could be made
(i) under any statute listed in Schedule 1 of this Regulation, or
(ii) against a third party or an insurer by reason of a motor vehicle accident, occupational injury, industrial disease or otherwise;
(s) the treatment information or remarks;
(t) the signature of the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or designate and the date of the account;
(u) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(v) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(w) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(x) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(y) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(z) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(aa) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(bb) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.2)Where a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b), he shall provide the following information:
(a) the patient’s name;
(b) the patient’s Medicare number;
(c) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(d) the patient’s sex;
(e) the practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon;
(f) the role the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the service;
(g) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the entitled service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(h) the number of the transferring or referring medical practitioner, oral or maxillofacial surgeon, nurse practitioner, optometrist or registered nurse who works in a pre-operative clinic;
(i) the diagnosis;
(j) the dates of hospital days charged;
(k) the number of hospital days charged;
(l) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(m) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(n) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(o) the site code of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the service was provided;
(p) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled services was one with respect to which a claim could be made;
(q) the date of the account;
(r) the specific anesthesia modifier to describe the service type;
(s) the service modifier to further define the service rendered;
(t) the vaccine lot number of the immunization being administered;
(u) the on-call code when a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits a fee for service claim provided under the mandated on-call program;
(v) the referral date being the date on which the patient was referred;
(w) the referral type where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates whether he or she was referred a patient or whether he or she referred a patient to another practitioner;
(x) the rotation code where the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon indicates the on-call rotation code for the specific on-call rotation he or she is covering; and
(y) the assigned number from the prior consultation process that determines coverage of a service where reasonable doubt exists as to its eligibility as an entitled service.
11(2.3)A participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon who submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b) shall
(a) as a condition of submitting his account in that manner, agree to permit an audit of his books and records by the Medicare Branch,
(b) retain the documentation relating to the account for a period of seven years in a format and manner approved by the Medicare Branch, and
(c) when requested, submit to the Medicare Branch the documentation retained under paragraph (b).
11(3)Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Director may require the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon to supply such additional information concerning the services rendered and within such time as in the opinion of the Director is necessary to enable the Director to make an assessment.
11(4)If an account is not submitted for payment within the time limit prescribed under subsection (2), an account shall not be accepted for payment unless the time limit is waived by the Director in respect of that account.
11(5)The requirement to submit accounts within three months after the services are rendered does not apply in respect of entitled services rendered before April 1, 1997.
86-150; 93-25; 94-13; 97-23; 2002-33; 2003-51; 2009-134; 2010-10
11(1)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who wishes to practise within the provisions of the Act and the regulations shall apply to the Director for a practitioner number and, subject to this section, the Director shall issue a practitioner number to the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
11(1.1)The Director shall not issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon unless the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority and signs an agreement with the Minister on the form prescribed in Schedule 3.
11(1.2)Notwithstanding subsection (1.1), the Director shall issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act whether or not the medical practitioner holds privileges granted by a regional health authority.
11(1.3)A practitioner number issued by the Director before the commencement of this subsection to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act shall be deemed to be a practitioner number issued under subsection (1.2).
11(1.4)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon may use a practitioner number only for so long as the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority, unless the practitioner number is sooner revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.5)Subject to subsection (1.6), a medical practitioner who is issued a practitioner number under this section and who does not hold privileges granted by a regional health authority may use the practitioner number until it is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.6)A medical practitioner referred to in subsection (1.5) who subsequently obtains privileges granted by a regional health authority is subject to the requirements of subsection (1.4).
11(1.7)Notwithstanding subsection (1.4), a practitioner number may be used where the privileges granted by a regional health authority to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon are temporarily suspended, unless the practitioner number is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.8)The Director
(a) may revoke, suspend or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for cause, and
(b) shall revoke or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon where the medical practitioner’s or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon’s privileges are revoked by a regional health authority, unless the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon has been granted privileges by another regional health authority.
11(1.9)Where a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon is being replaced on a locum tenens basis, the Director shall suspend the practitioner number issued to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon being replaced for the duration of the replacement.
11(2)Subject to section 13, where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon provides an entitled service to a beneficiary or dependent, he shall within three months after rendering that service submit an account for service to the Medicare Branch
(a) on a form provided by the Medicare Branch, or
(b) in an electronic format approved by the Medicare Branch.
11(2.1)Where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(a), he shall provide the following information:
(a) whether the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or the beneficiary is to be paid;
(b) the patient’s name;
(c) the patient’s Medicare number;
(d) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(e) the patient’s sex;
(f) the beneficiary’s address where the address is different than that on the New Brunswick Medicare Card;
(g) the name and practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral maxillofacial surgeon;
(h) the role the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the entitled service;
(i) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(j) the name of the transferring or referring medical practitioner, oral or maxillofacial surgeon, nurse practitioner, optometrist or registered nurse who works in a pre-operative clinic;
(k) the diagnosis;
(l) the dates of hospital days charged;
(m) the number of hospital days charged;
(n) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(o) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(p) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(q) the name of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the entitled service was provided;
(r) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled service was one for which a claim could be made
(i) under any statute listed in Schedule 1 of this Regulation, or
(ii) against a third party or an insurer by reason of a motor vehicle accident, occupational injury, industrial disease or otherwise;
(s) the treatment information or remarks; and
(t) the signature of the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or designate and the date of the account.
11(2.2)Where a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b), he shall provide the following information:
(a) the patient’s name;
(b) the patient’s Medicare number;
(c) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(d) the patient’s sex;
(e) the practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon;
(f) the role the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the service;
(g) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the entitled service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(h) the number of the transferring or referring medical practitioner, oral or maxillofacial surgeon, nurse practitioner, optometrist or registered nurse who works in a pre-operative clinic;
(i) the diagnosis;
(j) the dates of hospital days charged;
(k) the number of hospital days charged;
(l) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(m) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(n) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(o) the site code of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the service was provided;
(p) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled services was one with respect to which a claim could be made; and
(q) the date of the account.
11(2.3)A participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon who submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b) shall
(a) as a condition of submitting his account in that manner, agree to permit an audit of his books and records by the Medicare Branch,
(b) retain the documentation relating to the account for a period of seven years in a format and manner approved by the Medicare Branch, and
(c) when requested, submit to the Medicare Branch the documentation retained under paragraph (b).
11(3)Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Director may require the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon to supply such additional information concerning the services rendered and within such time as in the opinion of the Director is necessary to enable the Director to make an assessment.
11(4)If an account is not submitted for payment within the time limit prescribed under subsection (2), an account shall not be accepted for payment unless the time limit is waived by the Director in respect of that account.
11(5)The requirement to submit accounts within three months after the services are rendered does not apply in respect of entitled services rendered before April 1, 1997.
86-150; 93-25; 94-13; 97-23; 2002-33; 2003-51; 2009-134
11(1)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon who wishes to practise within the provisions of the Act and the regulations shall apply to the Director for a practitioner number and, subject to this section, the Director shall issue a practitioner number to the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon.
11(1.1)The Director shall not issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon unless the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority and signs an agreement with the Minister on the form prescribed in Schedule 3.
11(1.2)Notwithstanding subsection (1.1), the Director shall issue a practitioner number to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act whether or not the medical practitioner holds privileges granted by a regional health authority.
11(1.3)A practitioner number issued by the Director before the commencement of this subsection to a medical practitioner described in subsection 5.2(2) or (3) of the Act shall be deemed to be a practitioner number issued under subsection (1.2).
11(1.4)A medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon may use a practitioner number only for so long as the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon holds privileges granted by a regional health authority, unless the practitioner number is sooner revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.5)Subject to subsection (1.6), a medical practitioner who is issued a practitioner number under this section and who does not hold privileges granted by a regional health authority may use the practitioner number until it is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.6)A medical practitioner referred to in subsection (1.5) who subsequently obtains privileges granted by a regional health authority is subject to the requirements of subsection (1.4).
11(1.7)Notwithstanding subsection (1.4), a practitioner number may be used where the privileges granted by a regional health authority to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon are temporarily suspended, unless the practitioner number is revoked, suspended or cancelled by the Director.
11(1.8)The Director
(a) may revoke, suspend or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon for cause, and
(b) shall revoke or cancel a practitioner number issued to a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon where the medical practitioner’s or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon’s privileges are revoked by a regional health authority, unless the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon has been granted privileges by another regional health authority.
11(1.9)Where a medical practitioner or an oral and maxillofacial surgeon is being replaced on a locum tenens basis, the Director shall suspend the practitioner number issued to the medical practitioner or the oral and maxillofacial surgeon being replaced for the duration of the replacement.
11(2)Subject to section 13, where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon provides an entitled service to a beneficiary or dependent, he shall within three months after rendering that service submit an account for service to the Medicare Branch
(a) on a form provided by the Medicare Branch, or
(b) in an electronic format approved by the Medicare Branch.
11(2.1)Where a participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(a), he shall provide the following information:
(a) whether the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or the beneficiary is to be paid;
(b) the patient’s name;
(c) the patient’s Medicare number;
(d) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(e) the patient’s sex;
(f) the beneficiary’s address where the address is different than that on the New Brunswick Medicare Card;
(g) the name and practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral maxillofacial surgeon;
(h) the role the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the entitled service;
(i) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(j) the name of the transferring or referring medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon;
(k) the diagnosis;
(l) the dates of hospital days charged;
(m) the number of hospital days charged;
(n) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(o) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(p) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(q) the name of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the entitled service was provided;
(r) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled service was one for which a claim could be made
(i) under any statute listed in Schedule 1 of this Regulation, or
(ii) against a third party or an insurer by reason of a motor vehicle accident, occupational injury, industrial disease or otherwise;
(s) the treatment information or remarks; and
(t) the signature of the participating medical practitioner, the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon or designate and the date of the account.
11(2.2)Where a participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b), he shall provide the following information:
(a) the patient’s name;
(b) the patient’s Medicare number;
(c) the patient’s day, month and year of birth;
(d) the patient’s sex;
(e) the practitioner number of the participating medical practitioner or the participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon;
(f) the role the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon played in providing the service;
(g) the time spent by the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon on the entitled service if that is required to determine the amount of payment;
(h) the practitioner number of the transferring or referring medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon;
(i) the diagnosis;
(j) the dates of hospital days charged;
(k) the number of hospital days charged;
(l) the date or dates of the entitled service;
(m) whether the entitled service was provided at the participating medical practitioner’s office, patient’s home, in-patient or out-patient department of a hospital facility, nursing home or elsewhere;
(n) the description of the entitled service, the service code for the entitled service and fee charges;
(o) the site code of the hospital facility, nursing home or other place where the service was provided;
(p) whether, to the knowledge of the participating medical practitioner or participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon, the entitled services was one with respect to which a claim could be made; and
(q) the date of the account.
11(2.3)A participating medical practitioner or a participating oral and maxillofacial surgeon who submits an account for service under paragraph (2)(b) shall
(a) as a condition of submitting his account in that manner, agree to permit an audit of his books and records by the Medicare Branch,
(b) retain the documentation relating to the account for a period of seven years in a format and manner approved by the Medicare Branch, and
(c) when requested, submit to the Medicare Branch the documentation retained under paragraph (b).
11(3)Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Director may require the medical practitioner or oral and maxillofacial surgeon to supply such additional information concerning the services rendered and within such time as in the opinion of the Director is necessary to enable the Director to make an assessment.
11(4)If an account is not submitted for payment within the time limit prescribed under subsection (2), an account shall not be accepted for payment unless the time limit is waived by the Director in respect of that account.
11(5)The requirement to submit accounts within three months after the services are rendered does not apply in respect of entitled services rendered before April 1, 1997.
86-150; 93-25; 94-13; 97-23; 2002-33; 2003-51