NJ Admin Code §11:22-1.5(a)

(a) A carrier and its agent shall remit payment of clean claims pursuant to the following time frames:

(1) Thirty calendar days after receipt of the claim where the claim is submitted by electronic means or the time established for the Federal Medicare program by 42 U.S.C. § 1395u(c)2(B), whichever is earlier; or

(2) Forty calendar days after receipt of the claim where the claim is submitted by other than electronic means.