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(b) Schedules for payment established in accordance with this section shall provide for disbursement of the funds available in the account periodically and at least quarterly, if funds remain available for disbursement, to all physicians who have submitted claims containing accurate and complete data for payment by the dates established by the administering agency.
(c) Claims which are not supported by records may be denied by the administering agency, and any reimbursement paid in accordance with this chapter to any physician which is not supported by records shall be repaid to the administering agency, and shall be a claim against the physician.
(d) Any physician who submits any claim for reimbursement under this chapter which is inaccurate or which is not supported by records may be excluded from reimbursement of future claims under this chapter.
(e) A listing of patient names shall accompany a physician’s claim, and those names shall be given full confidentiality protections by the administering agency.
(f) The administering agency shall not give preferential treatment to any facility, physician, or category of physician and shall not engage in practices that constitute a conflict of interest by favoring a facility or physician with which the administering officer has an operational or financial relationship.
(g) Payments shall be made only for emergency medical services provided on the calendar day on which emergency medical services are first provided and on the immediately following two calendar days.
(h) Notwithstanding subdivision (g), if it is necessary to transfer the patient to a second facility that provides for a higher level of care for the treatment of the emergency condition, reimbursement shall be available for services provided to the facility to which the patient was transferred on the calendar day of transfer and on the immediately following two calendar days.