HCTC: Health Plan Administrators - How to Enroll |
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Individuals can only receive the monthly HCTC if their health plan is enrolled to receive monthly payments from the HCTC Program. To enroll to receive monthly HCTC payments, follow the three easy steps below.
1) Sign up for an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
Complete and submit the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Vendor/Miscellaneous Payment Enrollment Form and the General Registration Information (GRI) Form. These forms are available from your HCTC Finance & Accounting representative and can be found in the appendix of the HPA Operations Guide. The HCTC Program uses the ACH Form to establish EFTs and the GRI Form to collect information not otherwise captured in the ACH Form.
2) Provide sample invoice
The HCTC Program uses key data from HPA invoices to ensure that HPAs are properly paid and payments are applied to HCTC participant accounts. As part of the enrollment process, we ask HPAs to provide examples of all participant invoices and to highlight the key data on those invoices. See the HPA Operations Guide for the key data to highlight on sample invoices.
3) Sign up for Payment Advice Internet Delivery (PAID)
HCTC payment remittance information is available to HPAs in several different ways. We ask HPAs to also take advantage of the PAID system, which is a free service provided by Financial Management Services (FMS). With PAID, HPAs are able to access daily payment activity and query the PAID database by date, invoice number, or dollar amount on the internet. PAID provides payment information in a secure manner and reduces dependency on banks for the payment addenda record, which may save you money if your bank charges for providing this information.
You can register for PAID in about 10 minutes by completing an online PAID registration. You will need to provide the requested information, select a notification option, and verify that the data provided is correct.
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Page Last Reviewed or Updated: December 08, 2008