Alabama Administrative Code
Title 560 - ALABAMA MEDICAID AGENCY
Chapter 560-X-7 - HOSPITALS
Section 560-X-7-.07 - Supplies, Appliances, And Equipment
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
(1) Supplies, appliances, and equipment furnished by the hospital solely for the care and treatment of a recipient during an inpatient stay in the hospital are covered as part of the hospital per diem payment.
(2) Supplies, appliances, and equipment furnished to an inpatient for use only outside the hospital are not generally covered as inpatient hospital services. A temporary or disposable item, however, which is medically necessary to permit or facilitate the patient's departure from the hospital and is required until the patient can obtain a continuing supply is covered as part of the hospital per diem payment.
Author: Lynn Sharp, Associate Director, Policy Development Unit
Statutory Authority: State Plan; Title XIX, Social Security Act; 42 C.F.R. §§401, et seq.
