238-C - Provider reporting requirements.

§  238-c.  Provider  reporting requirements. Each health care provider  providing clinical  laboratory,  pharmacy  services,  radiation  therapy  services,  physical  therapy services or x-ray or imaging services shall  report to the  commissioner  in  writing  every  two  years  information  concerning  the  provider's ownership arrangements, including the health  or health related items or services provided by  the  provider  and  the  names  and  professional  license  numbers  or  any  appropriate program  provider numbers  of  practitioners  with  an  ownership  or  investment  interest  in  the  provider,  or  whose immediate relatives have such an  ownership or investment. The information required to be reported to  the  commissioner pursuant to this section to the extent practicable shall be  consistent  with  the  information  required pursuant to federal law and  regulations to be reported to the secretary of health and human services  for health care providers providing items or services  to  beneficiaries  of  title  XVIII  of  the  federal  social  security act (medicare). The  commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of social  services  to  avoid  duplication  of  reporting requirements for health care providers  that participate in the medical assistance  program  pursuant  to  title  eleven of article five of the social services law.