(a) For the
department to provide payment under
7
AAC 145.200, a physician assistant who furnishes
services directly to a recipient in the state must separately enroll with the
department as a rendering provider under
7
AAC 105.210 and
(1)
unless the physician assistant is a federal employee described in
7
AAC 105.200(c), must
(A) have an active license to practice in the
state as a physician assistant under
12 AAC 40.400 -
12 AAC 40.405;
(B) submit a copy of the collaborative plan
with the supervising physician required under
12 AAC 40.410; and
(C) notify the department of any changes to
the collaborative plan by submitting a copy of the new plan;
(2) if the physician assistant is
a federal employee described in
7
AAC 105.200(c), must
(A) submit a copy of the collaborative plan
with the supervising physician, if a collaborative plan is required by the
physician assistant's licensing jurisdiction; and
(B) notify the department of any changes to
the collaborative plan by submitting a copy of the new plan.
(b) For the department
to provide payment under
7
AAC 145.200, a physician assistant who furnishes
services directly to a recipient out of state must separately enroll with the
department as a rendering provider under
7
AAC 105.210 and must
(1) have an active license to practice in the
jurisdiction in which the service is provided unless the physician assistant is
a federal employee described in
7
AAC 105.200(c);
(2) provide a copy of the collaborative plan
with the supervising physician, if a collaborative plan is required by the
physician assistant's licensing jurisdiction;
(3) provide proof of enrollment in the
Medicaid program in the jurisdiction in which the service is provided or
documentation from that jurisdiction that physician assistants are not enrolled
as Medicaid providers in that jurisdiction; and
(4) notify the department of any changes to
the collaborative plan by submitting a copy of the new plan.
(c) The department will pay for
the services of a physician assistant acting as a surgical assistant under
7
AAC 110.450.
