Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 115 - Medicaid Coverage; Therapies and Related Services
Article 4 - Speech-Language Pathology Services
7 AAC 115.400 - Speech-language pathology enrollment requirements
Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 115.400
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) To be eligible for payment under 7 AAC 105 - 7 AAC 160 for providing speech-language pathology services, a provider must be
(1) a
speech-language pathologist who
(A) is
enrolled in accordance with
7 AAC 105.210;
(B) provides documentation of an active
license to practice speech-language pathology in the jurisdiction in which the
individual provides services; if services are provided in this state, the
individual must hold an active license under AS 08.11; and
(C) if providing speech-language pathology
services out of state, is enrolled in the Medicaid program in the jurisdiction
in which the individual provides services; or
(2) an outpatient speech therapy program
operated by a tribal health program.
(b) The department will pay a speech-language pathologist for services provided in the state by a
(1) speech-language pathology assistant if
the speech-language pathology assistant
(A)
has an active registration to practice as a speech-language pathology assistant
under AS
08.11.043; and
(B) has enrolled separately with the
department as a rendering provider under
7 AAC 105.210; or
(2) speech-language pathologist described in
AS
08.11.025(b)(3), if the
speech-language pathologist
(A) has an active
temporary license to practice as a speech-language pathologist under
AS
08.11.025; and
(B) has enrolled separately with the
department as a rendering provider under
7 AAC 105.210.
(c) To be eligible for payment under 7 AAC 105 - 7 AAC 160 for providing speech-language pathology services, an out-of-state
(1) speech-language pathology
assistant must
(A) have an active registration
to practice as a speech-language pathology assistant in the jurisdiction in
which services are provided;
(B)
provide proof of enrollment as a Medicaid provider in the jurisdiction in which
services are provided or documentation from that jurisdiction that
speech-language pathology assistants are not enrolled as Medicaid providers in
that jurisdiction; and
(C) be
enrolled separately with the department as a rendering provider;
(2) speech-language pathologist
described in
AS
08.11.025(b)(3) must
(A) have an active temporary license to
practice as a speech-language pathologist in the jurisdiction in which services
are provided;
(B) provide proof of
enrollment as a Medicaid provider in the jurisdiction in which services are
provided or documentation from that jurisdiction that speech-language
pathologists holding a temporary license are not enrolled as Medicaid providers
in that jurisdiction; and
(C) be
enrolled separately with the department as a rendering provider under
7 AAC 105.210.
Authority:AS 47.05.010
AS 47.07.030
AS 47.07.040
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