25 USC § 1621s - Prompt action on payment of claims

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identifier: "/us/usc/t25/s1621s"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "25 USC § 1621s - Prompt action on payment of claims"
title_number: 25
title_name: "INDIANS"
section_number: "1621s"
section_name: "Prompt action on payment of claims"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "GENERAL PROVISIONS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "HEALTH SERVICES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2025-07-14"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 220, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 215, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4558.)"
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# § 1621s. Prompt action on payment of claims

**(a)** **Time of response** The Service shall respond to a notification of a claim by a provider of a contract care service with either an individual purchase order or a denial of the claim within 5 working days after the receipt of such notification.

**(b)** **Failure to timely respond** If the Service fails to respond to a notification of a claim in accordance with subsection (a), the Service shall accept as valid the claim submitted by the provider of a contract care service.

**(c)** **Time of payment** The Service shall pay a completed contract care service claim within 30 days after completion of the claim.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 94–437, title II, § 220, as added Pub. L. 102–573, title II, § 215, Oct. 29, 1992, 106 Stat. 4558.)