Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 110 - Medicaid Coverage; Professional Services
Article 13 - Psychologist testing Services
7 AAC 110.550 - Psychologist testing services

(a) To be eligible for payment under 7 AAC 105 - 7 AAC 160 for providing psychologist testing services, a provider must be an independently practicing psychologist who

(b) Covered psychologist testing services are limited to medically necessary psychological testing to determine the status of the patient's mental, intellectual, and emotional functioning. Testing services must include administration of psychodiagnostic tests, the interpretation of the results of the tests, and a written report. Testing services must be provided directly by the psychologist. Payment is limited to the following services:

(c) Psychologist testing services may be provided to a recipient who has received a referral from the recipient's treating physician, a physician assistant, an advanced practice registered nurse, a community mental health clinic, a tribal health program, or an appropriate school official, if the referral documents the purpose for the testing, including the need to determine acuity of need, severity of symptoms, or level of impairment.

(d) Psychologist testing services may be provided in the psychologist's office, an outpatient clinic, an outpatient hospital, a general acute care hospital, a tribal health program, an inpatient psychiatric hospital, a residential psychiatric treatment center, or other setting appropriate for patient care.

(e) To be paid by the department for services provided under this section, a psychologist must maintain a specific record for all services provided, that