Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 140 - Medicaid Coverage; Facility and Facility-Based Services
Article 1 - Ambulatory Surgical Center Services
7 AAC 140.105 - Ambulatory surgical center services

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 140.105

Current through November 28, 2024

(a) To be covered under 7 AAC 105 - 7 AAC 160, ambulatory surgical center services must be

(1) preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, or palliative;

(2) directly related to a surgical procedure provided to an outpatient by or under the direction of a physician or dentist;

(3) provided in an ambulatory surgical center; and

(4) listed in the Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ACS) Approved HCPCS Codes and Payment Rates, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 160.900.

(b) The department will pay for use of the ambulatory surgical center to perform dental services covered by the department under 7 AAC 110.145 - 7 AAC 110.155, if use of the center is medically necessary.

(c) An ambulatory surgical center may not provide overnight services.

(d) An ambulatory surgical center must submit a claim to the department for services provided by the ambulatory surgical center separately from submitting a claim to the department for the services of physicians, anesthesiologists, radiologists, and dentists.

Authority:AS 47.05.010

AS 47.07.030

AS 47.07.040

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