Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 130 - Medicaid Coverage; Home and Community-Based Waiver Services
Article 2 - Home and Community-Based Waiver Services; Nursing Facility and ICF/MR Level of Care
7 AAC 130.305 - Specialized medical equipment

(1) is supported by a prescription or other written documentation required by the department's Specialized Medical Equipment Fee Schedule, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 160.900,

(2) is supported by a written cost estimate;

(3) is approved under 7 AAC 130.217 and 7 AAC 130.218 as part of the recipient's support plan; and

(4) receives prior authorization.

(1) a device, control, or appliance that increases the recipient's ability to perform activities of daily living described in 7 AAC 125.030(b) or to perceive, control, or communicate with the environment in which the recipient lives, or is equipment necessary for the proper functioning of that item; and

(2) identified in the department's Specialized Medical Equipment Fee Schedule, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 160.900.

(1) the unit cost of equipment is determined by including the cost of

(2) the department will not pay, as a home and community-based waiver service, the cost of any medical equipment or supplies payable under 7 AAC 120.200 - 7 AAC 120.399

(3) specialized medical equipment and supplies shall be rented if the equipment is a personal emergency response system or if the department determines that renting the equipment is more cost-effective than purchasing it;

(4) once purchased, specialized medical equipment become the property of the recipient;

(5) the department will not give prior authorization to replace specialized medical equipment before the expiration of the time period identified in the department's Specialized Medical Equipment Fee Schedule, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 160.900, unless the department determines that replacement is more cost-effective than repairing that equipment.